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ReviewNature reviews. Microbiology2016

Viral evasion of intracellular DNA and RNA sensing.

Ying Kai Chan, Michaela U Gack

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Review in Nature reviews. Microbiology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 291 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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291citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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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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

291 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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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

2 authors.

Ying Kai ChanDepartment of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
Michaela U GackDepartment of Microbiology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.

Funding

Regulation of Host Innate Immunity Against Viral InfectionR01AI087846 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI GACK, MICHAELA ULRIKE · 2010 to 2020
$3.9M
Regulation of Host Innate Immunity Against Viral InfectionR37AI087846 · NIAID · CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COM-CWRU · PI Michaela Ulrike Gack · 2021 to 2026
$2.8M
TRIM protein-mediated innate immune control of KSHV infectionR21AI118509 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI GACK, MICHAELA ULRIKE · 2015 to 2016
$435k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI087846NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI118509NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI087846
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The co-evolution of viruses with their hosts has led to the emergence of viral pathogens that are adept at evading or actively suppressing host immunity. Pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) are key components of antiviral immunity that detect conserved molecular features of viral pathogens and initiate signalling that results in the expression of antiviral genes. In this Review, we discuss the strategies that viruses use to escape immune surveillance by key intracellular sensors of viral RNA or DNA, with a focus on RIG-I-like receptors (RLRs), cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS) and interferon-γ (IFNγ)-inducible protein 16 (IFI16). Such viral strategies include the sequestration or modification of viral nucleic acids, interference with specific post-translational modifications of PRRs or their adaptor proteins, the degradation or cleavage of PRRs or their adaptors, and the sequestration or relocalization of PRRs. An understanding of viral immune-evasion mechanisms at the molecular level may guide the development of vaccines and antivirals.

Indexed as

Immune EvasionAnimalsCytoplasmDEAD Box Protein 58DNA, ViralHumansImmunity, InnateInflammasomesInterferon InducersNuclear ProteinsPhosphoproteinsProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalReceptors, Pattern RecognitionRNA, ViralSignal TransductionVirusesDEAD Box Protein 58DNA, ViralIFI16 protein, humanInflammasomesInterferon InducersNuclear ProteinsPhosphoproteinsReceptors, Pattern RecognitionRNA, Viral

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PMID27174148
PMCPMC5072394

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