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ArticleNature microbiology2018

Mini viral RNAs act as innate immune agonists during influenza virus infection.

Aartjan J W Te Velthuis, Joshua C Long, David L V Bauer, Rebecca L Y Fan, Hui-Ling Yen, Jane Sharps, Jurre Y Siegers, Marian J Killip, Hollie French, Maria José Oliva-Martín and 5 more

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In one paragraph

Article in Nature microbiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 90 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
90citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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

90 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 130 citations in OpenAlex.

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30 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 6 institutions in 4 countries.

Aartjan J W Te VelthuisSir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. ajwt6@cam.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5129-3953
Joshua C LongSir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
David L V BauerSir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Rebecca L Y FanSchool of Public Health, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Hui-Ling YenSchool of Public Health, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2493-3609
Jane SharpsSir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Jurre Y SiegersDepartment of Viroscience, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0246-7830
Marian J KillipSir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Hollie FrenchDivision of Virology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
Maria José Oliva-MartínSir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Richard E RandallBiomedical Sciences Research Complex, North Haugh, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9304-6678
Emmie de WitLaboratory of Virology, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, MT, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9763-7758
Debby van RielDepartment of Viroscience, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Leo L M PoonSchool of Public Health, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Ervin FodorSir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. ervin.fodor@path.ox.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3249-196X
University of Oxford · GBUniversity of Hong Kong · HKErasmus University Rotterdam · NLUniversity of Cambridge · GBUniversity of St Andrews · GBNational Institutes of Health · US

Funding

H1N1 Influenza Disease Modeling and TransmissionZIAAI001088 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI FELDMANN, HEINRICH · 2010 to 2023
$13.7M
Medical Research Council MR/K000241/1Medical Research Council MR/R009945/1Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The molecular processes that determine the outcome of influenza virus infection in humans are multifactorial and involve a complex interplay between host, viral and bacterial factors

Indexed as

AnimalsCell LineCytokinesDEAD Box Protein 58FemaleFerretsImmunity, InnateInfluenza A virusInterferon-betaMaleMutationOrthomyxoviridae InfectionsRNA, ViralViral ProteinsVirus ReplicationCytokinesDEAD Box Protein 58Interferon-betaPB2 protein, influenza virusRNA, ViralViral Proteins

Identifiers

PMID30224800
PMCPMC6203953
OpenAlexW2885175320

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