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ReviewViruses2020

DEAD-Box Helicases: Sensors, Regulators, and Effectors for Antiviral Defense.

Frances Taschuk, Sara Cherry

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In one paragraph

Review in Viruses, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 84 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
84citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
6.9field-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

84 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 123 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. Dynamic Assemblies in Genome Maintenance.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026
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  18. Role of DEAD/DEAH-box helicases in immunity, infection and cancers.Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2025
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24 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Frances TaschukDepartment of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania, 3450 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Sara CherryDepartment of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania, 3450 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
University of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

The role of autophagy in innate anti-viral immunity in DrosophilaR01AI074951 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI CHERRY, SARA · 2007 to 2017
$4.2M
Defining the functional interface between the ER and flavivirusesR01AI140539 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI CHERRY, SARA, DIAMOND, MICHAEL S · 2018 to 2022
$3.0M
Antiviral immunity in the gut: how the intestinal epithelium and microbiota regulate infectionR01AI122749 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI CHERRY, SARA · 2016 to 2020
$2.0M
NIH HHS R01AI074951NIH HHS R01AI122749NIH HHS R01AI140539
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

DEAD-box helicases are a large family of conserved RNA-binding proteins that belong to the broader group of cellular DExD/H helicases. Members of the DEAD-box helicase family have roles throughout cellular RNA metabolism from biogenesis to decay. Moreover, there is emerging evidence that cellular RNA helicases, including DEAD-box helicases, play roles in the recognition of foreign nucleic acids and the modulation of viral infection. As intracellular parasites, viruses must evade detection by innate immune sensing mechanisms and degradation by cellular machinery while also manipulating host cell processes to facilitate replication. The ability of DEAD-box helicases to recognize RNA in a sequence-independent manner, as well as the breadth of cellular functions carried out by members of this family, lead them to influence innate recognition and viral infections in multiple ways. Indeed, DEAD-box helicases have been shown to contribute to intracellular immune sensing, act as antiviral effectors, and even to be coopted by viruses to promote their replication. However, our understanding of the mechanisms underlying these interactions, as well as the cellular roles of DEAD-box helicases themselves, is limited in many cases. We will discuss the diverse roles that members of the DEAD-box helicase family play during viral infections.

Indexed as

Gene Expression RegulationHost-Pathogen InteractionsDEAD-box RNA HelicasesHumansImmunity, InnateRNA, ViralVirus DiseasesVirus ReplicationDEAD-box RNA HelicasesRNA, ViralRNA-protein interactions, intrinsic immunity, antiviral, virus-host interactions, RNA helicase, DEAD-box helicase, viral replication, ribonucleoprotein complexes

Identifiers

PMID32033386
PMCPMC7077277
OpenAlexW3005201319

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