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ArticleVirology2017

Immunological and pathological consequences of coxsackievirus RNA persistence in the heart.

Claudia T Flynn, Taishi Kimura, Kwesi Frimpong-Boateng, Stephanie Harkins, J Lindsay Whitton

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Article in Virology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Claudia T FlynnDept. of Immunology and Microbiology, SP30-2110, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Taishi KimuraDept. of Immunology and Microbiology, SP30-2110, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Kwesi Frimpong-BoatengDept. of Immunology and Microbiology, SP30-2110, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Stephanie HarkinsDept. of Immunology and Microbiology, SP30-2110, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
J Lindsay WhittonDept. of Immunology and Microbiology, SP30-2110, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. Electronic address: lwhitton@scripps.edu.
Scripps Research Institute · US

Funding

Analyzing the effects of type I interferons in the enterovirus-infected heartR01AI110621 · NIAID · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI WHITTON, J. LINDSAY · 2015 to 2019
$3.4M
Coxsackieviral pancreatitis: autophagy, proteolysis, and inflammationR01AI114615 · NIAID · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI WHITTON, J. LINDSAY · 2015 to 2019
$3.3M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI110621NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI114615
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Type B coxsackieviruses (CVB) can cause myocarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), a potentially-fatal sequela that has been correlated to the persistence of viral RNA. Herein, we demonstrate that cardiac RNA persistence can be established even after an inapparent primary infection. Using an inducible Cre/lox mouse model, we ask: (i) Does persistent CVB3 RNA cause ongoing immune activation? (ii) If T1IFN signaling into cardiomyocytes is ablated after RNA persistence is established, is there any change in the abundance of persistent CVB3 RNA and/or does cytopathic infectious virus re-emerge? (iii) Does this loss of T1IFN responsiveness by cardiomyocytes lead to the recurrence/exacerbation of myocarditis? Our findings suggest that persistent enteroviral RNAs probably do not contribute to ongoing myocardial disease, and are more likely to be the fading remnants of a recent, possibly sub-clinical, primary infection which may have set in motion the process that ultimately ends in DCM.

Indexed as

AnimalsCardiomyopathy, DilatedCoxsackievirus InfectionsEnterovirusEnzyme ActivationGene DeletionGene Expression RegulationIntegrasesInterferon Type IMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMyocarditisMyocytes, CardiacRNA, MessengerRNA, ViralTamoxifenCre recombinaseIntegrasesInterferon Type IRNA, MessengerRNA, ViralTamoxifenCardiomyopathyCoxsackievirusCVB3MyocarditisPersistent RNA

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PMID28950225
PMCPMC5653433
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