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ReviewDisease models & mechanisms2018

The relationship between sex hormones, the vaginal microbiome and immunity in HIV-1 susceptibility in women.

Jocelyn M Wessels, Allison M Felker, Haley A Dupont, Charu Kaushic

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Review in Disease models & mechanisms, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
47citing papers in PubMed
7.0field-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

47 citing papers in PubMed, 99 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Trial
  2. Genital inflammatory status and the innate immune response to contraceptive initiation.American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) · 2022
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  4. The HIV Reservoir and Immune Landscape Across the Life Course of Women: Implications for Cure Strategies.American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) · 2026
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  6. Innate Immune Protection Against HIV in the Female Genital Tract.American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) · 2026
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  11. All Properties of Infertility Microbiome in a Review Article.Journal of clinical laboratory analysis · 2025
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  12. Study Models forMicroorganisms · 2025
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  14. Estrogen and viral infection.Frontiers in immunology · 2025
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  19. Frontiers in immunology · 2024
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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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jocelyn M WesselsMcMaster Immunology Research Centre, Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Learning and Discovery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4L8, Canada.
Allison M FelkerMcMaster Immunology Research Centre, Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Learning and Discovery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4L8, Canada.
Haley A DupontMcMaster Immunology Research Centre, Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Learning and Discovery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4L8, Canada.
Charu KaushicMcMaster Immunology Research Centre, Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Learning and Discovery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4L8, Canada kaushic@mcmaster.ca.ORCID 0000-0002-7088-2569
McMaster University Medical Centre · CA

Funding

CIHR FRN126019CIHR FRN138657
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The role of sex hormones in regulating immune responses in the female genital tract has been recognized for decades. More recently, it has become increasingly clear that sex hormones regulate susceptibility to sexually transmitted infections through direct and indirect mechanisms involving inflammation and immune responses. The reproductive cycle can influence simian/human immunodeficiency virus (SHIV) infections in primates and HIV-1 infection in

Indexed as

ImmunityMicrobiotaDisease SusceptibilityFemaleGonadal Steroid HormonesHIV InfectionsHumansVaginaGonadal Steroid HormonesDMPAInflammationT cellsVaginal microbiota

Identifiers

PMID30154116
PMCPMC6177003
OpenAlexW2889141154

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Registered trials

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