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ReviewAmerican journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989)2011

Methods for evaluation of humoral immune responses in human genital tract secretions.

Jiri Mestecky, Rashada C Alexander, Qing Wei, Zina Moldoveanu

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Review in American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989), 2011. 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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18citing papers in PubMed
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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, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Microorganisms · 2023
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  8. Longitudinal Viral Dynamics in Semen During Early HIV Infection.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2017
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  11. Relationship of the quaternary structure of human secretory IgA to neutralization of influenza virus.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2015
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  13. Humoral immune responses to HIV in the mucosal secretions and sera of HIV-infected women.American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) · 2014
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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

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Jiri MesteckyDepartments of Microbiology and Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 845 19th Street, South, Birmingham, AL 35294-2170, USA.mestecky@uab.edu
Rashada C Alexander
Qing Wei
Zina Moldoveanu
University of Alabama at Birmingham · USCharles University · CZOffice of Extramural Research · US

Funding

T Cell Functionality After DNA and Adjuvant VaccinationP01AI071739 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI WEINER, DAVID B. · 2007 to 2013
$10.1M
Mucosal HIV and Immunobiology CenterR24DK064400 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI SMITH, PHILLIP D · 2003 to 2012
$4.8M
BASIC MECHANISMS IN AIDS PATHOGENESIST32AI007493 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI MORROW, CASEY D · 1995 to 2014
$4.2M
Immunologic Uniqueness of the Female Genital Tract in HIV PathogenesisP01AI083027 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI MESTECKY, JIRI F · 2009 to 2010
$4.0M
NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI071739NIAID NIH HHS P01AI071739NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI083027NIAID NIH HHS P01AI083027NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007493NIAID NIH HHS T32AI07493NIDDK NIH HHS DK64400NIDDK NIH HHS R24 DK064400
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The compilation of epidemiological, virological, and immunological data clearly indicates that HIV-1 infection must be considered primarily as a disease of the mucosal immune system. The earliest and most dramatic alterations of the immune system occur in the mucosal compartment. However, the mucosal immune systems of the genital and intestinal tracts display remarkable immunological differences that must be considered in the evaluation of humoral immune responses in HIV-1-infected individuals or in volunteers immunized with experimental HIV vaccines. In this regard, marked differences in the dominant Ig isotypes, molecular forms of HIV-1-specific antibodies, and their distinct effector functions in the genital versus intestinal tracts must be carefully evaluated and considered in the measurement and interpretation of humoral immune responses. Appropriate controls and alternative immunochemical assays should be used to complement and confirm results generated by ELISA, which are prone to false positivity. Special precautions and rigorous controls must be used in the evaluation of antibody-mediated virus neutralization in external secretions of the genital and intestinal tracts.

Indexed as

Immunity, HumoralFemaleGenitalia, FemaleGenitalia, MaleHIV-1HIV AntibodiesHIV InfectionsHumansImmunoglobulinsIntestinesMaleMucous MembraneHIV AntibodiesImmunoglobulins

Identifiers

PMID21087333
PMCPMC3057909
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