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ReviewFrontiers in microbiology2019

Modeling Varicella Zoster Virus Persistence and Reactivation - Closer to Resolving a Perplexing Persistent State.

Lillian Laemmle, Ronald S Goldstein, Paul R Kinchington

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Review in Frontiers in microbiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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35citing papers in PubMed
4.0field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

35 citing papers in PubMed, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Animal models of human herpesvirus infection.Animal models and experimental medicine · 2025
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  18. Varicella Zoster Virus Neuronal Latency and Reactivation Modeled in Vitro.Current topics in microbiology and immunology · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Lillian LaemmleDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
Ronald S GoldsteinFaculty of Life Sciences, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.
Paul R KinchingtonDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
University of Pittsburgh · USBar-Ilan University · IL

Funding

Virus Production and Manipulation of Protein/Gene Expression ModuleP30EY008098 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Ethan A Rossi · 1989 to 2026
$17.8M
Varicella zoster virus-Induced Pain in a Rat Model of Post-Herpetic NeuralgiaR01NS064022 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI KINCHINGTON, PAUL R. · 2009 to 2019
$3.6M
Training in Mechanisms and Clinical Presentation of PainT32NS073548 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Jami Lynn Saloman, BRADLEY K. TAYLOR · 2012 to 2026
$3.1M
Molecular studies of VZV infection, latency and reactivation in human neurons in-vitroR01AI122640 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI KINCHINGTON, PAUL R. · 2016 to 2020
$2.3M
NEI NIH HHS P30 EY008098NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI122640NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS064022NINDS NIH HHS T32 NS073548
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The latent state of the human herpesvirus varicella zoster virus (VZV) has remained enigmatic and controversial. While it is well substantiated that VZV persistence is established in neurons after the primary infection (varicella or chickenpox), we know little of the types of neurons harboring latent virus genomes, if all can potentially reactivate, what exactly drives the reactivation process, and the role of immunity in the control of latency. Viral gene expression during latency has been particularly difficult to resolve, although very recent advances indicate that it is more restrictive than was once thought. We do not yet understand how genes expressed in latency function in the maintenance and reactivation processes. Model systems of latency are needed to pursue these questions. This has been especially challenging for VZV because the development of

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animal modelshuman neuron culture modelslatencyreactivationvaricella zoster virus

Identifiers

PMID31396173
PMCPMC6667558
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