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ReviewAnnual review of virology2018

TRIM Proteins and Their Roles in Antiviral Host Defenses.

Michiel van Gent, Konstantin M J Sparrer, Michaela U Gack

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Review in Annual review of virology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 211 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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211citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
10.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

211 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 333 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Inhibition of coronaviral exoribonuclease activity by TRIM-mediated SUMOylation.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  11. TRIM21 is a molecular rheostat for influenza A virus replication.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  20. Derepression of transposable elements in the mouse prefrontal cortex disrupts social behavior.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Michiel van GentDepartment of Microbiology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA; email: mvangent@uchicago.edu , Konstantin.Sparrer@uni-ulm.de , mgack@uchicago.edu.
Konstantin M J SparrerDepartment of Microbiology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA; email: mvangent@uchicago.edu , Konstantin.Sparrer@uni-ulm.de , mgack@uchicago.edu.
Michaela U GackDepartment of Microbiology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA; email: mvangent@uchicago.edu , Konstantin.Sparrer@uni-ulm.de , mgack@uchicago.edu.
University of Chicago · US

Funding

Regulation of Host Innate Immunity Against Viral InfectionR01AI087846 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI GACK, MICHAELA ULRIKE · 2010 to 2020
$3.9M
Flavivirus NS3-mediated Innate Immune EscapeR01AI127774 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI GACK, MICHAELA ULRIKE · 2016 to 2020
$2.6M
Novel innate immune sensing mechanisms of intracellular RNAR21AI133361 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI GACK, MICHAELA ULRIKE · 2017 to 2018
$445k
TRIM protein-mediated innate immune control of KSHV infectionR21AI118509 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI GACK, MICHAELA ULRIKE · 2015 to 2016
$435k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI087846NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI127774NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI118509NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI133361
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tripartite motif (TRIM) proteins are a versatile family of ubiquitin E3 ligases involved in a multitude of cellular processes. Studies in recent years have demonstrated that many TRIM proteins play central roles in the host defense against viral infection. While some TRIM proteins directly antagonize distinct steps in the viral life cycle, others regulate signal transduction pathways induced by innate immune sensors, thereby modulating antiviral cytokine responses. Furthermore, TRIM proteins have been implicated in virus-induced autophagy and autophagy-mediated viral clearance. Given the important role of TRIM proteins in antiviral restriction, it is not surprising that several viruses have evolved effective maneuvers to neutralize the antiviral action of specific TRIM proteins. Here, we describe the major antiviral mechanisms of TRIM proteins as well as viral strategies to escape TRIM-mediated host immunity.

Indexed as

Host-Pathogen InteractionsImmune EvasionImmunity, InnateAnimalsAutophagyCytokinesHumansReceptors, ImmunologicSignal TransductionTripartite Motif ProteinsVirus DiseasesVirusesCytokinesReceptors, ImmunologicTripartite Motif Proteinsantiviral restrictioninnate immunityinterferonTRIM proteinvirus infection

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PMID29949725
PMCPMC6186430
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