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ArticleJournal of virology2011

Vaccination alters the balance between protective immunity, exhaustion, escape, and death in chronic infections.

Philip L F Johnson, Beth F Kochin, Megan S McAfee, Ingunn M Stromnes, Roland R Regoes, Rafi Ahmed, Joseph N Blattman, Rustom Antia

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Article in Journal of virology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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31citing 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

31 citing papers in PubMed, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Philip L F JohnsonDepartment of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. plfjohnson@emory.edu
Beth F Kochin
Megan S McAfee
Ingunn M Stromnes
Roland R Regoes
Rafi Ahmed
Joseph N Blattman
Rustom Antia
Emory University · USUniversity of Washington · USETH Zurich · CH

Funding

University of Washington/Fred Hutch Center for AIDS ResearchP30AI027757 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI Kenneth Sherr · 1988 to 2026
$104.9M
T CELL MEMORY TO VIRUSESR01AI030048 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI AHMED, RAFI · 1990 to 2022
$5.2M
Quantititive models of CD8+ immune memoryR01AI049334 · NIAID · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI ANTIA, RUSTOM NOSHIR · 2001 to 2011
$1.6M
NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI27757-17NIAID NIH HHS P30 AI027757NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI030048NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI049334NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI30048
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While T cell-based vaccines have the potential to provide protection against chronic virus infections, they also have the potential to generate immunopathology following subsequent virus infection. We develop a mathematical model to investigate the conditions under which T cells lead to protection versus adverse pathology. The model illustrates how the balance between virus clearance and immune exhaustion may be disrupted when vaccination generates intermediate numbers of specific CD8 T cells. Surprisingly, our model suggests that this adverse effect of vaccination is largely unaffected by the generation of mutant viruses that evade T cell recognition and cannot be avoided by simply increasing the quality (affinity) or diversity of the T cell response. These findings should be taken into account when developing vaccines against persistent infections.

Indexed as

Chronic DiseaseCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesModels, TheoreticalVaccinationVaccinesVirus DiseasesVaccines

Identifiers

PMID21411537
PMCPMC3094965
OpenAlexW2117367044

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