Evidence map›Paper›PMID 26231767›Full record

ReviewCurrent opinion in virology2015

Inhibition of the OAS/RNase L pathway by viruses.

Melissa Drappier, Thomas Michiels

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Review in Current opinion in virology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 83 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
83citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

83 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 123 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 1 institution in 1 country.

Melissa DrappierUniversité catholique de Louvain, de Duve Institute, Brussels, Belgium.
Thomas MichielsUniversité catholique de Louvain, de Duve Institute, Brussels, Belgium. Electronic address: thomas.michiels@uclouvain.be.
de Duve Institute · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The OAS/RNase L system was one of the first characterized interferon effector pathways. It relies on the synthesis, by oligoadenylate synthetases (OAS), of short oligonucleotides that act as second messengers to activate the latent cellular RNase L. Viruses have developed diverse strategies to escape its antiviral effects. This underscores the importance of the OAS/RNase L pathway in antiviral defenses. Viral proteins such as the NS1 protein of Influenza virus A act upstream of the pathway while other viral proteins such as Theiler's virus L* protein act downstream. The diversity of escape strategies used by viruses likely stems from their relative susceptibility to OAS/RNase L and other antiviral pathways, which may depend on their host and cellular tropism.

Indexed as

2',5'-Oligoadenylate SynthetaseAnimalsBase SequenceEndoribonucleasesHumansRNA VirusesViral Nonstructural ProteinsViral ProteinsVirus Diseases2-5A-dependent ribonuclease2',5'-Oligoadenylate SynthetaseEndoribonucleasesINS1 protein, influenza virusViral Nonstructural ProteinsViral Proteins

Identifiers

PMID26231767
PMCPMC7185432
OpenAlexW998749893

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