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ReviewMedical microbiology and immunology2019

Impact of CMV upon immune aging: facts and fiction.

Mladen Jergović, Nico A Contreras, Janko Nikolich-Žugich

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Review in Medical microbiology and immunology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers.

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45citing 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

45 citing papers in PubMed, 74 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 1 institution in 1 country.

Mladen JergovićDepartment of Immunobiology and the University of Arizona Center on Aging, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson, Tucson, AZ, 85718, USA.
Nico A ContrerasDepartment of Immunobiology and the University of Arizona Center on Aging, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson, Tucson, AZ, 85718, USA.
Janko Nikolich-ŽugichDepartment of Immunobiology and the University of Arizona Center on Aging, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson, Tucson, AZ, 85718, USA. nikolich@email.arizona.edu.
University of Arizona · US

Funding

T Cell Homeostasis and Function in Immune SenescenceR01AG020719 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI NIKOLICH, JANKO Z. · 2001 to 2012
$3.1M
Research Supplement to Impact on CMV Upon T-Cell Aging and Immune DefenseR01AG048021 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI NIKOLICH, JANKO Z. · 2014 to 2018
$2.6M
The Immunological Consequences of Mouse Cytomegalovirus on Adipose TissueF31AI131622 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI CONTRERAS, NICO · 2017 to 2019
$93k
NIAID NIH HHS F31 AI131622NIA NIH HHS R01 AG020719NIA NIH HHS R01 AG048021NIH HHS AG048021
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aging is accompanied by significant defects in immunity and compromised responses to new, previously unencountered microbial pathogens. Most humans carry several persistent or latent viruses as they age, interacting with the host immune systems for years. In that context maybe the most studied persistent virus is Cytomegalovirus, infamous for its ability to recruit very large T cell responses which increase with age and to simultaneously evade elimination by the immune system. Here we will address how lifelong CMV infection and the immunological burden of its control might affect immune reactivity and health of the host over time.

Indexed as

AgingImmunosenescenceCytomegalovirusCytomegalovirus InfectionsHumansT-LymphocytesAgingCytomegalovirusLatencyMemory inflationT cells

Identifiers

PMID31004198
PMCPMC6635032
OpenAlexW2936416251

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Registered trials

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