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ReviewVaccines2020

Function and Modulation of Type I Interferons during Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection.

Laura M Stephens, Steven M Varga

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In one paragraph

Review in Vaccines, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
20citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. MUC1 in the upper-lower airway inflammatory continuum: an endotype-centered perspective.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2025
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  12. From Immunogen to COVID-19 vaccines: Prospects for the post-pandemic era.Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie · 2023
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  20. Vaccine-Induced CD8Frontiers in immunology · 2020
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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Laura M StephensInterdisciplinary Graduate Program in Immunology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
Steven M VargaInterdisciplinary Graduate Program in Immunology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7332-4290
University of Iowa · US

Funding

PREDOCTORAL TRAINING PROGRAM IN IMMUNOLOGYT32AI007485 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI Kevin L Legge · 1995 to 2026
$5.4M
Balancing protection versus immunopathology by RSV-specific memory CD8 T cellsR01AI124093 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI VARGA, STEVEN M · 2017 to 2020
$1.6M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI124093NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007485
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the leading cause of lower respiratory infections in infants and young children, accounting for an estimated 3 million hospitalizations annually worldwide. Despite the major health burden, there is currently no licensed RSV vaccine. RSV is recognized by a range of cellular receptors including both toll-like receptors (TLR) and retinoic acid-inducible gene-I-like receptors (RIG-I). This interaction initiates signaling through mitochondrial antiviral signaling (MAVS) and interferon regulatory factor (IRF) proteins, resulting in the induction of type I interferons (IFN). Early viral control is mediated by either IFN-α or IFN-β signaling through the IFN receptor (IFNAR), inducing the production of antiviral interferon-stimulating genes (ISGs). Type I IFNs also initiate the early production of proinflammatory cytokines including interleukin 6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor (TNF), and IFN-γ. Type I IFN levels correlate with age, and inadequate production may be a critical factor in facilitating the increased RSV disease severity observed in infants. Here, we review the current literature on the function of type I IFNs in RSV pathogenesis, as well as their involvement in the differential immune responses observed in infants and adults.

Indexed as

interferon-αinterferon-βneonatalpDCsrespiratory syncytial virustype I interferonsvaccine

Identifiers

PMID32290326
PMCPMC7349809
OpenAlexW3015569145

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Registered trials

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