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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2018

Human γ-Herpesvirus Infection, Tumorigenesis, and Immune Control in Mice with Reconstituted Human Immune System Components.

Christian Münz

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 30% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Christian MünzViral Immunobiology, Institute of Experimental Immunology, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
University of Zurich · CH

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The human γ-herpesviruses Epstein-Barr virus (EBV or HHV4) and Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV or HHV8) are each associated with around 2% of all tumors in humans worldwide. However, investigations into their infection, oncogenesis, and immune responses that protect from the associated tumors have been hampered by the exclusive tropism of these pathogens for humans. Mice with reconstituted human immune system components (HIS mice) provide the unique opportunity to study persistent infection, virus associated lymphoma formation, and cell-mediated immune control of EBV and KSHV. Moreover, since these pathogens are unique stimuli for cytotoxic human lymphocyte responses, they also allow us to characterize long-lasting cell-mediated immune control and the requirements for its initiation, which would also be desirable to achieve during antitumor vaccination in general. Thus, human γ-herpesvirus infection of HIS mice provides unique insights into the biology of these important human pathogens and human cell-mediated immune responses that are considered to be the main protective entity against tumors.

Indexed as

Disease Models, AnimalAnimalsCarcinogenesisHerpesviridae InfectionsHerpesvirus 4, HumanHerpesvirus 8, HumanHost Microbial InteractionsHumansImmunity, CellularImmunity, InnateLymphocytesLymphomaMiceMice, TransgenicEpstein–Barr virusKaposi sarcoma-associated herpesviruslymphoproliferative diseasenatural killer cellsprimary effusion lymphomaT cells

Identifiers

PMID29483919
PMCPMC5816265
OpenAlexW2791873216

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