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ReviewSeminars in diagnostic pathology2020

Molecular biology of human T cell leukemia virus.

Lee Ratner

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Review in Seminars in diagnostic pathology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 22% 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

14 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
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  3. YTHDF1 and YTHDC1 mJournal of virology · 2025
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  9. A role for an HTLV-1 vaccine?Frontiers in immunology · 2022
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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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lee RatnerDivision of Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, Box 8069, 660 S Euclid Ave, St Louis, MO 63110, United States. Electronic address: lratner@wustl.edu.
Washington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

Role of Inflammation in Tax-mediated TumorigenesisP01CA100730 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Malachi Griffith · 2003 to 2026
$44.8M
PROLIFERATIVE EFFECTS OF HTLV1R01CA063417 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI RATNER, LEE · 1995 to 2017
$3.7M
ROLE OF CTCF IN HTLV-1 PATHOGENESISR21AI126652 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI RATNER, LEE · 2016 to 2017
$433k
IMMUNE CHECKPOINT BLOCKADE PROMOTES ADULT T CELL LEUKEMIAR21CA234640 · NCI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI RATNER, LEE · 2019 to 2020
$375k
NCI NIH HHS P01 CA100730NCI NIH HHS R01 CA063417NCI NIH HHS R21 CA234640NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI126652
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human T cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is a horizontally transmitted virus infection of CD4+ lymphocytes which causes adult T cell leukemia-lymphoma (ATLL) and HTLV-associated myelopathy (HAM). The viral genome encodes two oncoproteins, transactivator protein (Tax) and helix basic zipper protein (HBZ), which are considered tumor initiator and maintenance factors, respectively. Tax is the primary inducer of clonal infected T cell expansion, and genetic instability. The immune response to Tax results in the selection of cells with little or no Tax expression, which have undergone genetic and epigenetic alterations that promote T cell activation, proliferation, and resistance to apoptosis. This selection of malignant cells occurs over several decades in 5% of infected individuals. Novel insights into the molecular details of each of these events has led to targeted therapies for ATLL.

Indexed as

HumansHuman T-lymphotropic virus 1Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell

Identifiers

PMID31103249
PMCPMC6801043
OpenAlexW2936424627

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