Evidence map›Paper›PMID 21105780›Full record

ReviewExpert review of vaccines2010

Cytolytic CD4(+) T cells in viral immunity.

Damien Z Soghoian, Hendrik Streeck

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Review in Expert review of vaccines, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 80 papers.

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80citing papers in PubMed
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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

80 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

2 authors.

Damien Z SoghoianRagon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School Building 149, 13th Street, 5th floor, #5217, Charlestown, Boston, MA 02129, USA.
Hendrik Streeck

Funding

Modulation of HIV-specific CD8+ T and B cell function by CD4+ T helper responsesR01AI091450 · NIAID · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI STREECK, HENDRIK · 2010 to 2013
$1.7M
NIAID NIH HHS 1R01AI091450-01NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI091450
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It is generally believed that the role of CD4(+) T cells is to coordinate the different arms of the adaptive immune system to shape an effective response against a pathogen and regulate nonessential or deleterious activities. However, a growing body of evidence suggests that effector CD4(+) T cells can directly display potent antiviral activity themselves. The presence of cytolytic CD4(+) T cells has been demonstrated in the immune response to numerous viral infections in both humans and in animal models and it is likely that they play a critical role in the control of viral replication in vivo. This article describes the current research on virus-specific cytolytic CD4(+) T cells, with a focus on HIV-1 infection and the implications that this immune response has for vaccine design.

Indexed as

AnimalsCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesHIV InfectionsHumansT-Lymphocytes, CytotoxicT-Lymphocyte SubsetsVirus Diseases

Identifiers

PMID21105780
PMCPMC3033049

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