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ReviewFrontiers in microbiology2018

The Virome and Its Major Component, Anellovirus, a Convoluted System Molding Human Immune Defenses and Possibly Affecting the Development of Asthma and Respiratory Diseases in Childhood.

Giulia Freer, Fabrizio Maggi, Massimo Pifferi, Maria E Di Cicco, Diego G Peroni, Mauro Pistello

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Review in Frontiers in microbiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 63 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
63citing papers in PubMed
6.8field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

63 citing papers in PubMed, 106 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Anellovirus protein encoded byProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  14. The respiratory tract virome: unravelling the role of viral dark matter in respiratory health and disease.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2025
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  16. From commensalism to pathogenesis: the hidden role of the respiratory virome.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025
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3 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Giulia FreerRetrovirus Center, Department of Translational Research, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Fabrizio MaggiVirology Unit, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Massimo PifferiDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Pediatrics, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Maria E Di CiccoDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Pediatrics, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Diego G PeroniDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Pediatrics, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Mauro PistelloRetrovirus Center, Department of Translational Research, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
University of Pisa · ITAzienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The microbiome, a thriving and complex microbial community colonizing the human body, has a broad impact on human health. Colonization is a continuous process that starts very early in life and occurs thanks to shrewd strategies microbes have evolved to tackle a convoluted array of anatomical, physiological, and functional barriers of the human body. Cumulative evidence shows that viruses are part of the microbiome. This part, called virome, has a dynamic composition that reflects what we eat, how and where we live, what we do, our genetic background, and other unpredictable variables. Thus, the virome plays a chief role in shaping innate and adaptive host immune defenses. Imbalance of normal microbial flora is thought to trigger or exacerbate many acute and chronic disorders. A compelling example can be found in the respiratory apparatus, where early-life viral infections are major determinants for the development of allergic diseases, like asthma, and other non-transmissible diseases. In this review, we focus on the virome and, particularly, on

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PMID29692764
PMCPMC5902699
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