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ArticleJournal of virology2013

Measles virus infection of epithelial cells in the macaque upper respiratory tract is mediated by subepithelial immune cells.

Martin Ludlow, Ken Lemon, Rory D de Vries, Stephen McQuaid, Emma L Millar, Geert van Amerongen, Selma Yüksel, R Joyce Verburgh, Albert D M E Osterhaus, Rik L de Swart and 1 more

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Article in Journal of virology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 40 papers.

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40citing papers in PubMed
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT06923631 not yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Unravelling the Measles Paradox in Children: a Disease Associated With Both Immune Suppression and Immune Activation

TypeobservationalSponsorErasmus Medical CenterRan2026 to 2029Enrolled100ConditionsMEASLES DISEASE
NCT07267585 recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Unravelling the Measles Paradox: a Disease Associated With Both Immune Suppression and Immune Activation

TypeobservationalSponsorErasmus Medical CenterRan2025 to 2028Enrolled300ConditionsMEASLES DISEASE
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

40 citing papers in PubMed, 72 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Martin LudlowDepartment of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Ken Lemon
Rory D de Vries
Stephen McQuaid
Emma L Millar
Geert van Amerongen
Selma Yüksel
R Joyce Verburgh
Albert D M E Osterhaus
Rik L de Swart
W Paul Duprex
Erasmus MC · NLErasmus University Rotterdam · NLQueen's University Belfast · GBBoston University · US

Funding

Medical Research Council 91208012Medical Research Council G0801001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Measles virus (MV), one of the most contagious viruses infecting humans, causes a systemic infection leading to fever, immune suppression, and a characteristic maculopapular rash. However, the specific mechanism or mechanisms responsible for the spread of MV into the respiratory epithelium in the late stages of the disease are unknown. Here we show the crucial role of PVRL4 in mediating the spread of MV from immune to epithelial cells by generating a PVRL4 "blind" recombinant wild-type MV and developing a novel in vitro coculture model of B cells with primary differentiated normal human bronchial epithelial cells. We utilized the macaque model of measles to analyze virus distribution in the respiratory tract prior to and at the peak of MV replication. Expression of PVRL4 was widespread in both the lower and upper respiratory tract (URT) of macaques, indicating MV transmission can be facilitated by more than only epithelial cells of the trachea. Analysis of tissues collected at early time points after experimental MV infection demonstrated the presence of MV-infected lymphoid and myeloid cells contacting respiratory tract epithelium in the absence of infected epithelial cells, suggesting that these immune cells seed the infection in vivo. Thereafter, lateral cell-to-cell spread of MV led to the formation of large foci of infected cells in the trachea and high levels of MV infection in the URT, particularly in the nasal cavity. These novel findings have important implications for our understanding of the high transmissibility of measles.

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AnimalsB-LymphocytesCell Adhesion MoleculesChlorocebus aethiopsFluorescent Antibody TechniqueHumansImmunohistochemistryIn Vitro TechniquesMacaca mulattaMeaslesMeasles virusRespiratory MucosaVero CellsVirus InternalizationVirus ReplicationCell Adhesion Molecules

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PMID23365435
PMCPMC3624209
OpenAlexW2097378210

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