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ReviewCurrent topics in microbiology and immunology2011

The role of IL-10 in regulating immunity to persistent viral infections.

Elizabeth B Wilson, David G Brooks

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Review in Current topics in microbiology and immunology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 105 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
105citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
24.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

105 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 180 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. Bacteria and Allergic Diseases.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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45 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Elizabeth B WilsonDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics and the UCLA AIDS Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.
David G Brooks
Black AIDS Institute · USUniversity of California System · US

Funding

Mechanisms of Viral PersistenceR01AI085043 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI BROOKS, DAVID G · 2010 to 2023
$4.5M
Immune Regulation of Viral Persistence and Clearance U01AI082975 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI BROOKS, DAVID G · 2009 to 2013
$2.0M
NIAID NIH HHS AI082975NIAID NIH HHS AI085043NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI085043NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI082975
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The immune system has evolved multipronged responses that are critical to effectively defend the body from invading pathogens and to clear infection. However, the same weapons employed to eradicate infection can have caustic effects on normal bystander cells. Therefore, tight regulation is vital and the host must balance engendering correct and sufficient immune responses to pathogens while limiting errant and excessive immunopathology. To accomplish this task, a complex network of positive and negative immune signals are delivered, which in most instances successfully eliminate the pathogen. However, in response to some viral infections, immune function is rapidly suppressed leading to viral persistence. Immune suppression is a critical obstacle to the control of many persistent viral infections such as HIV, hepatitis C, and hepatitis B virus, which together affect more than 500 million individuals worldwide. Thus, the ability to therapeutically enhance immunity is a potentially powerful approach to resolve persistent infections. The host-derived cytokine IL-10 is a key player in the establishment and perpetuation of viral persistence. This chapter discusses the role of IL-10 in viral persistence and explores the exciting prospect of therapeutically blocking IL-10 to increase antiviral immunity and vaccine efficacy.

Indexed as

Gene Expression RegulationAnimalsChronic DiseaseHumansImmunosuppression TherapyInterleukin-10Lymphocyte ActivationMiceMice, KnockoutT-LymphocytesVirus DiseasesVirusesInterleukin-10

Identifiers

PMID20703965
PMCPMC3492216
OpenAlexW1561812084

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