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ArticleJournal of virology2014

Inhibition of phosphorylated-STAT1 nuclear translocation and antiviral protein expression in human brain vascular adventitial fibroblasts infected with varicella-zoster virus.

Maria A Nagel, Stephanie F James, Igor Traktinskiy, Ann Wyborny, Alexander Choe, April Rempel, Nicholas L Baird, Don Gilden

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Article in Journal of virology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 20% 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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Varicella zoster virus infection.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2026
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  3. Biological relevance ofMicrobiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR · 2025
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  6. Insights into the pathogenesis of varicella viruses.Current clinical microbiology reports · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Maria A NagelDepartment of Neurology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA Maria.nagel@ucdenver.edu.
Stephanie F JamesDepartment of Neurology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
Igor TraktinskiyDepartment of Neurology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
Ann WybornyDepartment of Neurology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
Alexander ChoeDepartment of Neurology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
April RempelDepartment of Neurology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
Nicholas L BairdDepartment of Neurology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
Don GildenDepartment of Neurology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA Department of Microbiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
University of Colorado Denver · US

Funding

Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences InstituteUL1TR001082 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI SOKOL, RONALD J. · 2013 to 2017
$48.0M
VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS VASCULOPATHY: CHANGING CLINICAL PRACTICEP01AG032958 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI MAHALINGAM, RAVI · 2009 to 2023
$30.3M
NEUROBIOLOGY OF VARICELLA-ZOSTER VIRUSR01AG006127 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI GILDEN, DONALD · 1987 to 2014
$4.2M
NEUROVIROLOGY-MOLECULAR BIOLOGYT32NS007321 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI GILDEN, DONALD · 1988 to 2014
$2.3M
NEUROBIOLOGY OF VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUSR37AG006127 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI GILDEN, DONALD H · 1995 to 2004
$2.3M
Mechanisms by which VZV IE proteins interact with cell antiviral proteins to prevK08NS067070 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI NAGEL, MARIA ACENA · 2009 to 2013
$895k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001082NIA NIH HHS AG006127NIA NIH HHS AG032958NIA NIH HHS P01 AG032958NIA NIH HHS R01 AG006127NIA NIH HHS R37 AG006127NINDS NIH HHS K08 NS067070NINDS NIH HHS NS007321NINDS NIH HHS NS 067070NINDS NIH HHS T32 NS007321
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In varicella-zoster virus (VZV)-infected primary human brain vascular adventitial fibroblasts (BRAFs), levels of beta interferon (IFN-β,) STAT1, and STAT2 transcripts as well as STAT1 and STAT2 protein were decreased. IFN-α transcript levels were increased but not secreted IFN-α protein levels. Compared to IFN-α-treated control results, in VZV-infected BRAFs, phosphorylated STAT1 did not translocate to the nucleus, resulting in impaired downstream expression of interferon-inducible antiviral Mx1. Overall, VZV interference with the type I interferon pathway may promote virus persistence in cerebral arteries.

Indexed as

Gene Expression RegulationAdventitiaBlood VesselsBrainFibroblastsHerpesvirus 3, HumanHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansInterferon-alphaInterferon-betaMyxovirus Resistance ProteinsPhosphorylationPrimary Cell CultureProtein TransportSignal TransductionSTAT1 Transcription FactorInterferon-alphaInterferon-betaMX1 protein, humanMyxovirus Resistance ProteinsSTAT1 protein, humanSTAT1 Transcription FactorSTAT2 protein, humanSTAT2 Transcription Factor

Identifiers

PMID25056900
PMCPMC4178816
OpenAlexW2105347742

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