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ReviewAntioxidants & redox signaling2013

Respiratory syncytial virus infection: mechanisms of redox control and novel therapeutic opportunities.

Roberto P Garofalo, Deepthi Kolli, Antonella Casola

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Review in Antioxidants & redox signaling, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 67 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
67citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

67 citing papers in PubMed, 99 citations in OpenAlex.

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7 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Roberto P GarofaloDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, TX 77555, USA.
Deepthi Kolli
Antonella Casola
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston · US

Funding

Virus, Tissue Culture and ImmunoassayP01AI062885 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BR GALVESTON · PI GAROFALO, ROBERTO P · 2005 to 2022
$23.9M
Antiviral Innate Pathways and Superoxide Dismutase in RSV BronchiolitisR21AI109088 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON · PI GAROFALO, ROBERTO P · 2014 to 2015
$426k
VIRAL RESPIRATORY PATHOGENS RESEARCH UNIT /VRPRU/-266030039-266030039N01AI030039 · NIAID · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE INC · PI COUCH, ROBERT B. · 2003 to 2006
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NHLBI PROTEOMICS INITIATIVE-N01HV28184N01HV028184 · HV · UNIV OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH · PI KUROSKY, ALEXANDER NONE · 2002 to 2006
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NHLBI NIH HHS HV28184NIAID NIH HHS AI062885NIAID NIH HHS AI30039NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI062885NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI109088
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is one of the most important causes of upper and lower respiratory tract infections in infants and young children, for which no effective treatment is currently available. Although the mechanisms of RSV-induced airway disease remain incompletely defined, the lung inflammatory response is thought to play a central pathogenetic role. In the past few years, we and others have provided increasing evidence of a role of reactive oxygen species (ROS) as important regulators of RSV-induced cellular signaling leading to the expression of key proinflammatory mediators, such as cytokines and chemokines. In addition, RSV-induced oxidative stress, which results from an imbalance between ROS production and airway antioxidant defenses, due to a widespread inhibition of antioxidant enzyme expression, is likely to play a fundamental role in the pathogenesis of RSV-associated lung inflammatory disease, as demonstrated by a significant increase in markers of oxidative injury, which correlate with the severity of clinical illness, in children with RSV infection. Modulation of ROS production and oxidative stress therefore represents a potential novel pharmacological approach to ameliorate RSV-induced lung inflammation and its long-term consequences.

Indexed as

HumansOxidation-ReductionReactive Nitrogen SpeciesReactive Oxygen SpeciesRespiratory Syncytial Virus InfectionsSignal TransductionReactive Nitrogen SpeciesReactive Oxygen Species

Identifiers

PMID22799599
PMCPMC3513983
OpenAlexW2000423251

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