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ArticlePLoS pathogens2014

Cellular oxidative stress response controls the antiviral and apoptotic programs in dengue virus-infected dendritic cells.

David Olagnier, Suraj Peri, Courtney Steel, Nadine van Montfoort, Cindy Chiang, Vladimir Beljanski, Michael Slifker, Zhong He, Carmen N Nichols, Rongtuan Lin and 2 more

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Article in PLoS pathogens, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 138 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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138citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
17.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

138 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 238 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

David OlagnierVaccine & Gene Therapy Institute of Florida, Port St. Lucie, Florida, United States of America.
Suraj PeriFox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
Courtney SteelVaccine & Gene Therapy Institute of Florida, Port St. Lucie, Florida, United States of America.
Nadine van MontfoortVaccine & Gene Therapy Institute of Florida, Port St. Lucie, Florida, United States of America.
Cindy ChiangVaccine & Gene Therapy Institute of Florida, Port St. Lucie, Florida, United States of America.
Vladimir BeljanskiVaccine & Gene Therapy Institute of Florida, Port St. Lucie, Florida, United States of America.
Michael SlifkerFox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
Zhong HeVaccine & Gene Therapy Institute of Florida, Port St. Lucie, Florida, United States of America.
Carmen N NicholsVaccine & Gene Therapy Institute of Florida, Port St. Lucie, Florida, United States of America.
Rongtuan LinLady Davis Institute, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Siddharth BalachandranFox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
John HiscottVaccine & Gene Therapy Institute of Florida, Port St. Lucie, Florida, United States of America.
Vaccine & Gene Therapy Institute of Florida · USFox Chase Cancer Center · USJewish General Hospital · CA

Funding

Canadian Institutes of Health Research
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dengue virus (DENV) is a re-emerging arthropod borne flavivirus that infects more than 300 million people worldwide, leading to 50,000 deaths annually. Because dendritic cells (DC) in the skin and blood are the first target cells for DENV, we sought to investigate the early molecular events involved in the host response to the virus in primary human monocyte-derived dendritic cells (Mo-DC). Using a genome-wide transcriptome analysis of DENV2-infected human Mo-DC, three major responses were identified within hours of infection - the activation of IRF3/7/STAT1 and NF-κB-driven antiviral and inflammatory networks, as well as the stimulation of an oxidative stress response that included the stimulation of an Nrf2-dependent antioxidant gene transcriptional program. DENV2 infection resulted in the intracellular accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) that was dependent on NADPH-oxidase (NOX). A decrease in ROS levels through chemical or genetic inhibition of the NOX-complex dampened the innate immune responses to DENV infection and facilitated DENV replication; ROS were also essential in driving mitochondrial apoptosis in infected Mo-DC. In addition to stimulating innate immune responses to DENV, increased ROS led to the activation of bystander Mo-DC which up-regulated maturation/activation markers and were less susceptible to viral replication. We have identified a critical role for the transcription factor Nrf2 in limiting both antiviral and cell death responses to the virus by feedback modulation of oxidative stress. Silencing of Nrf2 by RNA interference increased DENV-associated immune and apoptotic responses. Taken together, these data demonstrate that the level of oxidative stress is critical to the control of both antiviral and apoptotic programs in DENV-infected human Mo-DC and highlight the importance of redox homeostasis in the outcome of DENV infection.

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ApoptosisCells, CulturedDendritic CellsDengue VirusGene Expression ProfilingHumansImmunity, InnateInterferon Regulatory Factor-3In Vitro TechniquesNF-E2-Related Factor 2NF-kappa BOxidative StressReactive Oxygen SpeciesSTAT1 Transcription FactorVirus ReplicationInterferon Regulatory Factor-3IRF3 protein, humanNFE2L2 protein, humanNF-E2-Related Factor 2NF-kappa BReactive Oxygen SpeciesSTAT1 protein, humanSTAT1 Transcription Factor

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PMID25521078
PMCPMC4270780
OpenAlexW2127036378

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