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ArticleJournal of virology2016

Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Latency Locus Compensates for Interleukin-6 in Initial B Cell Activation.

Sang-Hoon Sin, Sun Ah Kang, Yongbaek Kim, Anthony Eason, Kelly Tan, Hyowon An, Dirk P Dittmer

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Article in Journal of virology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 36% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Sang-Hoon SinDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Program in Global Oncology, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Center for AIDS Research, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA sang-hoon_sin@med.unc.edu.
Sun Ah KangDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Program in Global Oncology, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Center for AIDS Research, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
Yongbaek KimLaboratory of Veterinary Clinical Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea.
Anthony EasonDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Program in Global Oncology, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Center for AIDS Research, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
Kelly TanDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Program in Global Oncology, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Center for AIDS Research, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
Hyowon AnDepartment of Statistics & Operations Research, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
Dirk P DittmerDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Program in Global Oncology, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Center for AIDS Research, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · USSeoul National University · KR

Funding

Virology Research Program (Program 4)P30CA016086 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Deborah F. Tate · 1985 to 2026
$201.5M
Virology, Immunology, and Microbiology CoreP30AI050410 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI DAVID M. MARGOLIS · 2001 to 2026
$76.9M
Vironomics and Biostatistics CoreP01CA019014 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI BLOSSOM A DAMANIA, NANCY JOAN RAAB-TRAUB · 1985 to 2026
$43.8M
Regulation of the KSHV Latent PromoterR01CA109232 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI DITTMER, DIRK P · 2004 to 2014
$2.5M
NCI NIH HHS CA019014NCI NIH HHS CA109232NCI NIH HHS CA16086NCI NIH HHS P01 CA019014NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016086NCI NIH HHS P30CA016086NCI NIH HHS R01 CA109232NIAID NIH HHS P30 AI050410NIAID NIH HHS P30 AI50410
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interleukin 6 (IL-6) is considered a proliferation and survival factor for B cells. To assess the role of IL-6 in Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) latency, KSHV latency locus-transgenic mice (referred to as latency mice) lacking IL-6 were evaluated. IL-6(-/-) latency mice had the same phenotypes as the latency mice, i.e., increased frequency of marginal zone B cells, hyperplasia, and hyperglobulinemia, indicating that the KSHV latency locus, which includes all viral microRNAs (miRNAs), can compensate for lack of IL-6 in premalignant B cell activation.

Indexed as

Lymphocyte ActivationVirus LatencyAnimalsB-LymphocytesHerpesvirus 8, HumanInterleukin-6Mice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutMice, TransgenicInterleukin-6

Identifiers

PMID26656696
PMCPMC4734016
OpenAlexW2411480460

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