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ReviewViruses2019

Hepatitis C Virus as a Unique Human Model Disease to Define Differences in the Transcriptional Landscape of T Cells in Acute versus Chronic Infection.

David Wolski, Georg M Lauer

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Review in Viruses, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 33% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Review
  3. Article
  4. Viral Infection Modulates Mitochondrial Function.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

David WolskiLiver Center at the Gastrointestinal Unit, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6962-7181
Georg M LauerLiver Center at the Gastrointestinal Unit, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA. glauer@mgh.harvard.edu.
Harvard University · US

Funding

Virology CoreU19AI082630 · NIAID · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI RAYMOND T CHUNG, GEORG Michael LAUER · 2009 to 2026
$48.1M
Immune Control and Evadion during Acute HCV InfectionU01AI131314 · NIAID · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI LAUER, GEORG MICHAEL · 2016 to 2020
$1.4M
NIH HHS U01 AI131314NIH HHS U19 AI082630
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The hepatitis C virus is unique among chronic viral infections in that an acute outcome with complete viral elimination is observed in a minority of infected patients. This unique feature allows direct comparison of successful immune responses with those that fail in the setting of the same human infection. Here we review how this scenario can be used to achieve better understanding of transcriptional regulation of T-cell differentiation. Specifically, we discuss results from a study comparing transcriptional profiles of hepatitis C virus (HCV)-specific CD8 T-cells during early HCV infection between patients that do and do not control and eliminate HCV. Identification of early gene expression differences in key T-cell differentiation molecules as well as clearly distinct transcriptional networks related to cell metabolism and nucleosomal regulation reveal novel insights into the development of exhausted and memory T-cells. With additional transcriptional studies of HCV-specific CD4 and CD8 T-cells in different stages of infection currently underway, we expect HCV infection to become a valuable model disease to study human immunity to viruses.

Indexed as

Acute DiseaseCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesChronic DiseaseEpitopes, T-LymphocyteHepacivirusHepatitis CHumansLymphocyte ActivationModels, ImmunologicalTranscription, GeneticEpitopes, T-Lymphocytehepatitis C virusmetabolismnucleosomeT cellstranscriptional regulationtranscription factorsviral hepatitis

Identifiers

PMID31357397
PMCPMC6723887
OpenAlexW2964943571

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