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ReviewViruses2015

HTLV-1, Immune Response and Autoimmunity.

Juarez A S Quaresma, Gilberto T Yoshikawa, Roberta V L Koyama, George A S Dias, Satomi Fujihara, Hellen T Fuzii

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In one paragraph

Review in Viruses, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
54citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 13% 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

54 citing papers in PubMed, 110 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. Possible Trace of HTLV-1 Virus in Modulation of Cbl-b, ITCH, and PP2A Suppressor Genes.International journal of molecular and cellular medicine · 2025
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  15. Cytokine Storm Syndrome Associated with Hemorrhagic Fever and Other Viruses.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2024
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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.

Juarez A S QuaresmaScience Center of Health and Biology. Pará State University, Rua Perebebuí, 2623, Belém, Pará 66087-670, Brazil. juarez@ufpa.br.
Gilberto T YoshikawaScience Health Institute, Federal University of Pará, Praça Camilo Salgado, 1, Belém, Pará 66055-240, Brazil. gyoshikawa@uol.com.br.
Roberta V L KoyamaScience Center of Health and Biology. Pará State University, Rua Perebebuí, 2623, Belém, Pará 66087-670, Brazil. robertakoyamareumato@gmail.com.
George A S DiasScience Center of Health and Biology. Pará State University, Rua Perebebuí, 2623, Belém, Pará 66087-670, Brazil. georgealbertodias@yahoo.com.br.
Satomi FujiharaTropical Medicine Center, Federal University of Pará, Av. Generalíssimo Deodoro, 92, Belém, Pará 66055-240, Brazil. satomifujihara@gmail.com.
Hellen T FuziiTropical Medicine Center, Federal University of Pará, Av. Generalíssimo Deodoro, 92, Belém, Pará 66055-240, Brazil. hellenfuzii@gmail.com.
Universidade do Estado do Pará · BRUniversidade Federal do Pará · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human T-lymphotropic virus type-1 (HTLV-1) infection is associated with adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL). Tropical spastic paraparesis/HTLV-1-associated myelopathy (PET/HAM) is involved in the development of autoimmune diseases including Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), and Sjögren's Syndrome (SS). The development of HTLV-1-driven autoimmunity is hypothesized to rely on molecular mimicry, because virus-like particles can trigger an inflammatory response. However, HTLV-1 modifies the behavior of CD4⁺ T cells on infection and alters their cytokine production. A previous study showed that in patients infected with HTLV-1, the activity of regulatory CD4⁺ T cells and their consequent expression of inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines are altered. In this review, we discuss the mechanisms underlying changes in cytokine release leading to the loss of tolerance and development of autoimmunity.

Indexed as

AutoimmunityAnimalsHTLV-I InfectionsHumansHuman T-lymphotropic virus 1autoimmunityHuman T-lymphotropic virus type-1 (HTLV-1)immune response

Identifiers

PMID26712781
PMCPMC4728565
OpenAlexW2207640539

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