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ArticleJournal of virology2009

The efficacy of antigen processing is critical for protection against cytomegalovirus disease in the presence of viral immune evasion proteins.

Rafaela Holtappels, Doris Thomas, Matthias J Reddehase

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Article in Journal of virology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. The silent war of CMV in aging and HIV infection.Mechanisms of ageing and development · 2016
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Rafaela HoltappelsInstitute for Virology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany.
Doris Thomas
Matthias J Reddehase
University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz · DEJohannes Gutenberg University Mainz · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cytomegaloviruses (CMVs) code for immunoevasins, glycoproteins that are specifically dedicated to interfere with the presentation of antigenic peptides to CD8 T cells. Nonetheless, the biological outcome is not an immune evasion of the virus, since CD8 T cells can control CMV infection even when immunoevasins are expressed. Here, we compare the processing of a protective and a nonprotective epitope derived from the same viral protein, the antiapoptotic protein M45 in the murine model. The data provide evidence to conclude that protection against CMVs critically depends on antigenic peptides generated in an amount sufficient to exhaust the inhibitory capacity of immunoevasins.

Indexed as

Antigen PresentationAnimalsApoptosis Regulatory ProteinsCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCytomegalovirusCytomegalovirus InfectionsEpitopesHumansMicePeptide FragmentsRibonucleotide ReductasesViral ProteinsApoptosis Regulatory ProteinsEpitopesm45 protein, Mouse cytomegalovirus 1Peptide FragmentsRibonucleotide ReductasesViral Proteins

Identifiers

PMID19553308
PMCPMC2738254
OpenAlexW2081812440

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