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ArticleThe Journal of general virology2017

Simian varicella virus inhibits the interferon gamma signalling pathway.

Werner J D Ouwendijk, Suzanne van Veen, Ravi Mahalingam, Georges M G M Verjans

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Article in The Journal of general virology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 25% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Varicella zoster virus infection.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2026
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  4. Simian Varicella Virus: Molecular Virology and Mechanisms of Pathogenesis.Current topics in microbiology and immunology · 2023
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  7. Insights into the pathogenesis of varicella viruses.Current clinical microbiology reports · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Werner J D OuwendijkDepartment of Viroscience, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Suzanne van VeenDepartment of Viroscience, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Ravi MahalingamDepartment of Neurology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
Georges M G M VerjansDepartment of Viroscience, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Erasmus University Rotterdam · NLErasmus MC · NLUniversity of Colorado Denver · US

Funding

VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS VASCULOPATHY: CHANGING CLINICAL PRACTICEP01AG032958 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI NAGEL, MARIA ACENA · 2009 to 2023
$30.3M
Varicella Zoster Virus Latency in Human GangliaP01NS032623 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI GILDEN, DONALD · 1993 to 2008
$12.3M
Vaccination and immune senescence in primatesP01AG023664 · NIA · OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · PI NIKOLICH, JANKO Z. · 2004 to 2008
$9.7M
NIA NIH HHS P01 AG023664NIA NIH HHS P01 AG032958NINDS NIH HHS P01 NS032623
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The alphaherpesvirus simian varicella virus (SVV) causes varicella and zoster in nonhuman primates. Herpesviruses evolved elaborate mechanisms to escape host immunity, but the immune evasion strategies employed by SVV remain ill-defined. We analysed whether SVV impairs the cellular response to key antiviral cytokine interferon-γ (IFNγ). SVV infection inhibited the expression of IFNγ-induced genes like C-X-C motif chemokine 10 and interferon regulatory factor 1. Phosphorylation and nuclear translocation of the signal transducer and activator of transcription 1 (STAT1) was blocked in SVV-infected cells, which did not involve cellular and viral phosphatases. SVV infection did not downregulate IFNγ receptor α and β chain expression on the cell surface. Instead, STAT1, Janus tyrosine kinases 1 (JAK1) and JAK2 protein levels were significantly decreased in SVV-infected cells. Collectively, these results demonstrate that SVV targets three proteins in the IFNγ signal transduction pathway to escape the antiviral effects of IFNγ.

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interferon-γJAK1JAK2simian varicella virusSTAT1

Identifiers

PMID28901902
PMCPMC5845570
OpenAlexW2754339012

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