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ReviewCell host & microbe2016

Epigenetics and Genetics of Viral Latency.

Paul M Lieberman

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Review in Cell host & microbe, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 114 papers.

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114citing papers in PubMed
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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

114 citing papers in PubMed.

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  17. Viral zoonosis and human cancer: a perspective.Infectious agents and cancer · 2025
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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

1 author.

Paul M LiebermanThe Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA 19101, USA. Electronic address: Lieberman@wistar.org.

Funding

Tumor Microenvironment and MetastasisP30CA010815 · NCI · WISTAR INSTITUTE · PI Luis J Montaner · 1985 to 2026
$75.9M
Role of LANA-RBP-jk During Early KSHV InfectionP01CA174439 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI ROBERTSON, ERLE S. · 2013 to 2018
$8.7M
Regulation of Epstein-Barr Virus LatencyR01CA093606 · NCI · WISTAR INSTITUTE · PI LIEBERMAN, PAUL M. · 2002 to 2022
$6.7M
Epigenetic Regulation of Epstein-Barr Virus Latency ProgramsR01DE017336 · NIDCR · WISTAR INSTITUTE · PI PAUL M. LIEBERMAN · 2005 to 2026
$6.5M
NCI NIH HHS P01 CA174439NCI NIH HHS P30 CA010815NCI NIH HHS R01 CA093606NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE017336
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Viral latency can be considered a metastable, nonproductive infection state that is capable of subsequent reactivation to repeat the infection cycle. Viral latent infections have numerous associated pathologies, including cancer, birth defects, neuropathy, cardiovascular disease, chronic inflammation, and immunological dysfunctions. The mechanisms controlling the establishment, maintenance, and reactivation from latency are complex and diversified among virus families, species, and strains. Yet, as examined in this review, common properties of latent viral infections can be defined. Eradicating latent virus has become an important but elusive challenge and will require a more complete understanding of the mechanisms controlling these processes.

Indexed as

AnimalsDNA VirusesEpigenesis, GeneticGenes, ViralHerpesvirus 1, HumanHumansVirus DiseasesVirus IntegrationVirus LatencyVirus Physiological PhenomenaVirus ReplicationDNA virusepigeneticsgeneticsherpesviruslatencyreactivationvirus

Identifiers

PMID27173930
PMCPMC5166714

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