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ReviewViruses2018

Interferon Independent Non-Canonical STAT Activation and Virus Induced Inflammation.

Yuchen Nan, Chunyan Wu, Yan-Jin Zhang

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Review in Viruses, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The STAT Signaling Pathway in HIV-1 Infection: Roles and Dysregulation.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  8. Pharmacological mechanism of immunomodulatory agents for the treatment of severe cases of COVID-19 infection.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2021
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  12. Immunomodulation in COVID-19.The Lancet. Respiratory medicine · 2020
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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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Yuchen NanDepartment of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China. nanyuchen2015@nwsuaf.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-4442-8004
Chunyan WuDepartment of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China. chunyanwu@nwsuaf.edu.cn.
Yan-Jin ZhangMolecular Virology Laboratory, VA-MD College of Veterinary Medicine and Maryland Pathogen Research Institute, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA. zhangyj@umd.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-5847-3260
Virginia–Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine · USNorthwest A&F University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interferons (IFNs) are a group of secreted proteins that play critical roles in antiviral immunity, antitumor activity, activation of cytotoxic T cells, and modulation of host immune responses. IFNs are cytokines, and bind receptors on cell surfaces to trigger signal transduction. The major signaling pathway activated by IFNs is the JAK/STAT (Janus kinase/signal transducer and activator of transcription) pathway, a complex pathway involved in both viral and host survival strategies. On the one hand, viruses have evolved strategies to escape from antiviral host defenses evoked by IFN-activated JAK/STAT signaling. On the other hand, viruses have also evolved to exploit the JAK/STAT pathway to evoke activation of certain STATs that somehow promote viral pathogenesis. In this review, recent progress in our understanding of the virus-induced IFN-independent STAT signaling and its potential roles in viral induced inflammation and pathogenesis are summarized in detail, and perspectives are provided.

Indexed as

Host-Pathogen InteractionsSignal TransductionAnimalsHumansInflammationSTAT Transcription FactorsVirus DiseasesSTAT Transcription FactorsinflammationInterferonsJAK/STAT signalingnon-canonical STAT activationviral antagonism

Identifiers

PMID29662014
PMCPMC5923490
OpenAlexW2797866392

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Registered trials

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