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ReviewReviews in medical virology2016

Toward antiviral therapy/prophylaxis for rhinovirus-induced exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: challenges, opportunities, and strategies.

Hendrik Jan Thibaut, Céline Lacroix, Armando M De Palma, David Franco, Mark Decramer, Johan Neyts

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Review in Reviews in medical virology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Enterovirus infections in children.Pediatric investigation · 2026
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  12. Mechanism of human rhinovirus infections.Molecular and cellular pediatrics · 2016
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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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hendrik Jan ThibautLaboratory for Virology and Experimental Chemotherapy, Rega Institute for Medical Research, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Céline LacroixLaboratory for Virology and Experimental Chemotherapy, Rega Institute for Medical Research, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Armando M De PalmaLaboratory for Virology and Experimental Chemotherapy, Rega Institute for Medical Research, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
David FrancoLaboratory for Virology and Experimental Chemotherapy, Rega Institute for Medical Research, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Mark DecramerRespiratory Division, University Hospital, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Johan NeytsLaboratory for Virology and Experimental Chemotherapy, Rega Institute for Medical Research, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
KU Leuven · BERega Institute for Medical Research · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a life-threatening lung illness characterized by persistent and progressive airflow limitation. Exacerbations of COPD contribute to the severity of this pathology and accelerate disease progression. To date, pharmacological treatment of both stable COPD patients and patients experiencing exacerbations is mainly symptomatic with bronchodilators and steroids as the mainstay of therapy. Bacteria trigger such exacerbations in a number of cases; hence, antibiotics might be included in the treatment as well. Several respiratory viruses are frequently detected in sputum from patients during COPD exacerbations. These include influenza viruses, respiratory syncytial virus, and, most often, rhinoviruses. In this review, we discuss the potential use of an anti-rhinovirus drug for the treatment and prophylaxis of rhinovirus-induced COPD exacerbations and the path forward toward the development and use of such a drug. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Identifiers

PMID26388447
PMCPMC7169185
OpenAlexW2108631462

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