Evidence map›Paper›PMID 23217625›Full record

ReviewVirology2013

Anti-viral CD8 T cells and the cytokines that they love.

Maureen A Cox, Shannon M Kahan, Allan J Zajac

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In one paragraph

Review in Virology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 85 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
85citing papers in PubMed
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

85 citing papers in PubMed, 147 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Renaissance of antiviral CD8Nature reviews. Immunology · 2026
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  7. Exercise and CD8Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) · 2026
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  12. Revealing novel CD8Veterinary research · 2024
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  18. CD8Immunity · 2023
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25 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.

Maureen A CoxDepartment of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
Shannon M Kahan
Allan J Zajac
University of Alabama at Birmingham · US

Funding

IMMUNOLOGIC DISEASES AND BASIC IMMUNOLOGYT32AI007051 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI Laurie Ellen Harrington · 1985 to 2026
$13.1M
Regulation of T Cell Activity During Chronic InfectionsR01AI049360 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI ZAJAC, ALLAN J · 2001 to 2019
$4.1M
IL- 21 and Immune Mediated Viral ControlU01AI082966 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI ZAJAC, ALLAN J · 2009 to 2013
$2.3M
Helper-Dependent CD8 T Cell MemoryR01AI067993 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI ZAJAC, ALLAN J · 2006 to 2009
$1.1M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI049360NIAID NIH HHS R01AI049360NIAID NIH HHS R01AI067933NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI067993NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007051NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI082966NIAID NIH HHS U01AI082966
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Viral infections cause an immunological disequilibrium that provokes CD8 T cell responses. These cells play critical roles in purging acute infections, limiting persistent infections, and conferring life-long protective immunity. At every stage of the response anti-viral CD8 T cells are sensitive to signals from cytokines. Initially cytokines operate as immunological warning signs that inform of the presence of an infection, and also influence the developmental choices of the responding cells. Later during the course of the response other sets of cytokines support the survival and maintenance of the differentiated anti-viral CD8 T cells. Although many cytokines promote virus-specific CD8 T cells, other cytokines can suppress their activities and thus favor viral persistence. In this review we discuss how select cytokines act to regulate anti-viral CD8 T cells throughout the response and influence the outcome of viral infections.

Indexed as

AnimalsCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCytokinesDNA VirusesHumansImmunity, CellularImmunity, InnateImmunologic MemoryLymphocyte ActivationMiceRNA VirusesTh1-Th2 BalanceVirus DiseasesCytokines

Identifiers

PMID23217625
PMCPMC3580945
OpenAlexW2059854063

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