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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2018

Advances in the Characterization of the T-Cell Response to Human Herpesvirus-6.

Derek J Hanson, Joshua A Hill, David M Koelle

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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 11 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% 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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
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  5. Assessing and restoring adaptive immunity to HSV, VZV, and HHV-6 in solid organ and hematopoietic cell transplant recipients.Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases · 2022
    Review
  6. Article
  7. Evasion of the Host Immune Response by Betaherpesviruses.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
    Review
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  10. Review
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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 1 country.

Derek J HansonDepartment of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States.
Joshua A HillDepartment of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States.
David M KoelleDepartment of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States.
University of Washington · USFred Hutch Cancer Center · US

Funding

Understanding and preventing HLA-associated drug reactionsP50GM115305 · NIGMS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI DENNY, JOSHUA C. · 2015 to 2019
$13.0M
Training Program in Infectious Diseases in the Immunocompromised HostT32AI118690 · NIAID · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI BOECKH, MICHAEL J · 2016 to 2025
$4.0M
Human Herpesvirus 6 in Lower Respiratory Tract Disease and Chromosomal Integration after Hematopoietic Cell TransplantationK23AI119133 · NIAID · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI HILL, JOSHUA AIDEN · 2015 to 2019
$922k
NIAID NIH HHS K23 AI119133NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI118690NIGMS NIH HHS P50 GM115305
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human herpesvirus (HHV) 6 is thought to remain clinically latent in most individuals after primary infection and to reactivate to cause disease in persons with severe immunosuppression. In allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients, reactivation of HHV-6 species B is a considerable cause of morbidity and mortality. HHV-6B reactivation is the most frequent cause of infectious meningoencephalitis in this setting and has been associated with a variety of other complications such as graft rejection and acute graft versus host disease. This has inspired efforts to develop HHV-6-targeted immunotherapies. Basic knowledge of HHV-6-specific adaptive immunity is crucial for these endeavors, but remains incomplete. Many studies have focused on specific HHV-6 antigens extrapolated from research on human cytomegalovirus, a genetically related betaherpesvirus. Challenges to the study of HHV-6-specific T-cell immunity include the very low frequency of HHV-6-specific memory T cells in chronically infected humans, the large genome size of HHV-6, and the lack of an animal model. This review will focus on emerging techniques and methodological improvements that are beginning to overcome these barriers. Population-prevalent antigens are now becoming clear for the CD4+ T-cell response, while definition and ranking of CD8+ T-cell antigens and epitopes is at an earlier stage. This review will discuss current knowledge of the T-cell response to HHV-6, new research approaches, and translation to clinical practice.

Indexed as

antigenCD4+ T cellCD8+ T cellepitopehuman herpesvirus 6

Identifiers

PMID29988505
PMCPMC6026635
OpenAlexW2808638919

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