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ReviewCurrent HIV/AIDS reports2016

NK Cells in HIV Disease.

Eileen Scully, Galit Alter

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Review in Current HIV/AIDS reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 95 papers.

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95citing papers in PubMed
9.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

95 citing papers in PubMed, 121 citations in OpenAlex.

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35 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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.

Eileen ScullyRagon Institute of Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, 400 Technology Square, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Galit AlterRagon Institute of Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, 400 Technology Square, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA. galter@partners.org.
Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard · US

Funding

Virology CoreP30AI027763 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI STEVEN Grant DEEKS · 1988 to 2026
$93.6M
NIAID NIH HHS P30 AI027763
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Natural killer (NK) cells play a critical role in viral immunity. In the setting of HIV infection, epidemiologic and functional evidence support a role for NK cells in both protection from new infection and in viral control. Specifically, NK cells directly mediate immune pressure leading to virus evolution, and NK cell receptor genotypic profiles, clonal repertoires, and functional capacity have all been implicated in virus containment. In addition, indirect NK cell-mediated antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity has been linked to vaccine-induced protective immunity against HIV infection. With recent advances in our understanding of NK cell deficiency, development, memory-like responses, and editing of the adaptive immune system, the opportunities to direct and exploit NK cell antiviral immunity to target HIV have exponentially grown. In this review, we seek to highlight the intersections between discoveries in basic NK cell biology and the challenges of HIV chronic infection, vaccine development, and cure/eradication strategies.

Indexed as

Antibodies, ViralAntibody-Dependent Cell CytotoxicityCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesHIV-1HIV InfectionsHumansKiller Cells, NaturalViral VaccinesAntibodies, ViralViral VaccinesAntibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicityHIVHIV pathogenesisInnate immunityNatural killer (NK)NK cellNK cell memoryReviewViral immunity

Identifiers

PMID27002078
PMCPMC4821863
OpenAlexW2306289197

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