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ArticleCurrent opinion in systems biology2018

Validated Models of Immune Response to Virus Infection.

Amber M Smith

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Article in Current opinion in systems biology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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19 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Spatially structured models of viral dynamics: a scoping review.Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR · 2025
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  6. Quantitatively Mapping Immune Control during Influenza.Current opinion in systems biology · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Amber M SmithUniversity of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163 USA.

Funding

Predictive Modeling of Influenza-Pneumococcal CoinfectionR01AI139088 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR · PI SMITH, AMBER M · 2018 to 2022
$2.1M
Quantifying and Validating Immune Response Dynamics for Influenza and Viral-Bacterial PneumoniasR56AI125324 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR · PI SMITH, AMBER M · 2016 to 2016
$454k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI139088NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI125324
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Viruses are a main cause of disease worldwide and many are without effective therapeutics or vaccines. A lack of understanding about how host responses work to control viral spread is one factor limiting effective management. How different immune components regulate infection dynamics is beginning to be better understood with the help of mathematical models. These models have been key in discriminating between hypotheses and in identifying rates of virus growth and clearance, dynamical control by different host factors and antivirals, and synergistic interactions during multi-pathogen infections. A recent focus in evaluating model predictions in the laboratory and clinic has illuminate the accuracy of models for a variety of viruses and highlighted the critical nature of theoretical approaches in virology. Here, I discuss recent model-driven exploration of host-pathogen interactions that have illustrated the importance of model validation in establishing the model's predictive capability and in defining new biology.

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PMCPMC6853615

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