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ReviewVirology2011

Induction and function of virus-specific CD4+ T cell responses.

Jason K Whitmire

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Review in Virology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
44citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

44 citing papers in PubMed, 78 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Interferon-γ couples CD8Nature communications · 2023
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  8. Employing T-Cell Memory to Effectively Target SARS-CoV-2.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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  10. Immunomodulation and immunotherapeutics of COVID-19.Clinical immunology (Orlando, Fla.) · 2021
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  12. PD-L1 Dysregulation in COVID-19 Patients.Frontiers in immunology · 2021
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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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jason K WhitmireCarolina Vaccine Institute, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. jwhitmir@email.unc.edu
Carolina Headache Institute · US

Funding

Analyses of the effects of pro-inflammatory cytokines on CD4+ T cell responsesR01AI074862 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI WHITMIRE, JASON KYLE · 2008 to 2012
$1.6M
NIAID NIH HHS AI074862NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI074862
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

CD4+ T cells - often referred to as T-helper cells - play a central role in immune defense and pathogenesis. Virus infections and vaccines stimulate and expand populations of antigen-specific CD4+ T cells in mice and in man. These virus-specific CD4+ T cells are extremely important in antiviral protection: deficiencies in CD4+ T cells are associated with virus reactivation, generalized susceptibility to opportunistic infections, and poor vaccine efficacy. As described below, CD4+ T cells influence effector and memory CD8+ T cell responses, humoral immunity, and the antimicrobial activity of macrophages and are involved in recruiting cells to sites of infection. This review summarizes a few key points about the dynamics of the CD4+ T cell response to virus infection, the positive role of pro-inflammatory cytokines in the differentiation of virus-specific CD4+ T cells, and new areas of investigation to improve vaccines against virus infection.

Indexed as

Adaptive ImmunityAnimalsCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCytokinesHumansImmunity, HumoralImmunologic MemoryMacrophagesMiceViral VaccinesVirus DiseasesVirusesCytokinesViral Vaccines

Identifiers

PMID21236461
PMCPMC3082365
OpenAlexW1972908383

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Registered trials

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