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ReviewHuman vaccines & immunotherapeutics2013

Divergent contributions of regulatory T cells to the pathogenesis of chronic hepatitis C.

Ayssa A Self, Phyllis T Losikoff, Stephen H Gregory

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Review in Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 12 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

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ayssa A SelfDepartment of Medicine; Rhode Island Hospital and the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University; Providence, RI USA.
Phyllis T Losikoff
Stephen H Gregory
Brown University · USProvidence College · USRhode Island Hospital · US

Funding

TRIAD Scientific Core: TRIAD ToolkitU19AI082642 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND · PI DEGROOT, ANNE SEARLS · 2009 to 2013
$13.0M
NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI082642
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatitis C virus, a small single-stranded RNA virus, is a major cause of chronic liver disease. Resolution of primary hepatitis C virus infections depends upon the vigorous responses of CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells to multiple viral epitopes. Although such broad CD4(+) and CD8(+) T-cell responses are readily detected early during the course of infection regardless of clinical outcome, they are not maintained in individuals who develop chronic disease. Purportedly, a variety of factors contribute to the diminished T-cell responses observed in chronic, virus-infected patients including the induction of and biological suppression by CD4(+)FoxP3(+) regulatory T cells. Indeed, a wealth of evidence suggests that regulatory T cells play diverse roles in the pathogenesis of chronic hepatitis C, impairing the effector T-cell response and viral clearance early during the course of infection and suppressing liver injury as the disease progresses. The factors that affect the generation and biological response of regulatory T cells in chronic, hepatitis C virus-infected patients is discussed.

Indexed as

CD4 AntigensCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesDendritic CellsForkhead Transcription FactorsHepacivirusHepatitis C, ChronicHumansLiverT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryCD4 AntigensForkhead Transcription FactorsFOXP3 protein, humandendritic cellshepatitis Cimmune toleranceliver diseaseregulatory T cells

Identifiers

PMID23732899
PMCPMC3974886
OpenAlexW2017035652

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