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ReviewVaccine2017

The innate immune response to RSV: Advances in our understanding of critical viral and host factors.

Yan Sun, Carolina B López

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Review in Vaccine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers.

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50citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

50 citing papers in PubMed, 71 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yan SunDepartment of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, United States.
Carolina B LópezDepartment of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, United States. Electronic address: lopezca@upenn.edu.
University of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

A novel virus-derived adjuvantR01AI083284 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI LOPEZ, CAROLINA B. · 2009 to 2017
$3.3M
IL-10 producing neutrophils during respiratory virus infectionR21AI109472 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI LOPEZ, CAROLINA B. · 2015 to 2016
$440k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI083284NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI109472
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) causes mild to severe respiratory illness in humans and is a major cause of hospitalizations of infants and the elderly. Both the innate and the adaptive immune responses contribute to the control of RSV infection, but despite successful viral clearance, protective immunity against RSV re-infection is usually suboptimal and infections recur. Poor understanding of the mechanisms limiting the induction of long-lasting immunity has delayed the development of an effective vaccine. The innate immune response plays a critical role in driving the development of adaptive immunity and is thus a crucial determinant of the infection outcome. Advances in recent years have improved our understanding of cellular and viral factors that influence the onset and quality of the innate immune response to RSV. These advances include the identification of a complex system of cellular sensors that mediate RSV detection and stimulate transcriptome changes that lead to virus control and the discovery that cell stress and apoptosis participate in the control of RSV infection. In addition, it was recently demonstrated that defective viral genomes (DVGs) generated during RSV replication are the primary inducers of the innate immune response. Newly discovered host pathways involved in the innate response to RSV, together with the potential generation of DVG-derived oligonucleotides, present various novel opportunities for the design of vaccine adjuvants able to induce a protective response against RSV and similar viruses.

Indexed as

Host-Pathogen InteractionsImmunity, InnateHumansRespiratory Syncytial Virus, HumanDefective viral genomesInnate immunityNS1 and NS2 degradasomeRespiratory syncytial virusViral recognition

Identifiers

PMID27686836
PMCPMC6060409
OpenAlexW2525755163

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