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ReviewViruses2018

Host Shutoff in Influenza A Virus: Many Means to an End.

Rachel Emily Levene, Marta Maria Gaglia

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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 40 papers.

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40citing papers in PubMed
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

40 citing papers in PubMed, 57 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. The ribosomal landscape in influenza A virus infection: from molecular mechanisms to clinical relevance.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2026
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  13. Insight into the mechanisms of coronaviruses evading host innate immunity.Biochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular basis of disease · 2023
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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rachel Emily LeveneGraduate Program in Molecular Microbiology, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111, USA. Rachel.Levene@tufts.edu.
Marta Maria GagliaGraduate Program in Molecular Microbiology, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111, USA. Marta.Gaglia@tufts.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-1791-0663
Tufts University · US

Funding

MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF MICROBIAL PATHOGENST32AI007422 · NIAID · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI Ralph R. Isberg · 1992 to 2026
$5.7M
Molecular Mechanism of Action of the Influenza PA-X Host Shutoff ProteinR01AI137358 · NIAID · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI GAGLIA, MARTA MARIA · 2018 to 2022
$2.0M
NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007422NIH HHS R01 AI137358
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Influenza A virus carries few of its own proteins, but uses them effectively to take control of the infected cells and avoid immune responses. Over the years, host shutoff, the widespread down-regulation of host gene expression, has emerged as a key process that contributes to cellular takeover in infected cells. Interestingly, multiple mechanisms of host shutoff have been described in influenza A virus, involving changes in translation, RNA synthesis and stability. Several viral proteins, notably the non-structural protein NS1, the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase and the endoribonuclease PA-X have been implicated in host shutoff. This multitude of host shutoff mechanisms indicates that host shutoff is an important component of the influenza A virus replication cycle. Here we review the various mechanisms of host shutoff in influenza A virus and the evidence that they contribute to immune evasion and/or viral replication. We also discuss what the purpose of having multiple mechanisms may be.

Indexed as

Gene Expression RegulationHost-Pathogen InteractionsVirus ReplicationInfluenza A virusProtein BiosynthesisRNA, MessengerRNA StabilityViral ProteinsRNA, MessengerViral Proteinshost shutoffimmune evasioninfluenzaNS1PA-XRNA-directed RNA polymerase

Identifiers

PMID30189604
PMCPMC6165434
OpenAlexW2891350344

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