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ReviewMolecular cell2014

Staying alive: cell death in antiviral immunity.

Jason W Upton, Francis Ka-Ming Chan

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Review in Molecular cell, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 119 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
119citing papers in PubMed
7.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

119 citing papers in PubMed, 161 citations in OpenAlex.

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59 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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jason W UptonDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA. Electronic address: upton@austin.utexas.edu.
Francis Ka-Ming ChanDepartment of Pathology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA. Electronic address: francis.chan@umassmed.edu.
The University of Texas at Austin · USUniversity of Massachusetts Chan Medical School · US

Funding

Programmed necrosis in Immune ResponsesR01AI083497 · NIAID · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI CHAN, FRANCIS KAMING · 2010 to 2013
$1.6M
NIAID NIH HHS AI083497NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI083497
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Programmed cell death is an integral part of host defense against invading intracellular pathogens. Apoptosis, programmed necrosis, and pyroptosis each serve to limit pathogen replication in infected cells, while simultaneously promoting the inflammatory and innate responses that shape effective long-term host immunity. The importance of carefully regulated cell death is evident in the spectrum of inflammatory and autoimmune disorders caused by defects in these pathways. Moreover, many viruses encode inhibitors of programmed cell death to subvert these host responses during infection, thereby facilitating their own replication and persistence. Thus, as both virus and cell vie for control of these pathways, the battle for survival has shaped a complex host-pathogen interaction. This review will discuss the multifaceted role that programmed cell death plays in maintaining the immune system and its critical function in host defense, with a special emphasis on viral infections.

Indexed as

Models, ImmunologicalAnimalsCell DeathHost-Pathogen InteractionsLymphocytesMammalsVirus Diseases

Identifiers

PMID24766891
PMCPMC4010939
OpenAlexW1984749455

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Registered trials

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