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ReviewViruses2020

Early-Life Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection, Trained Immunity and Subsequent Pulmonary Diseases.

Carrie-Anne Malinczak, Nicholas W Lukacs, Wendy Fonseca

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Review in Viruses, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
27citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

27 citing papers in PubMed, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Early-life respiratory syncytial virus infection and asthma.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2026
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  6. Understanding recurrent wheezing: A parent's guide.World journal of clinical pediatrics · 2026
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  11. Mannose-binding lectin insufficiency is associated with airway Haemophilus colonization and a higher risk of post-RSV bronchiolitis recurrent wheezing.Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology · 2025
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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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Carrie-Anne MalinczakDepartment of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Nicholas W LukacsDepartment of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Wendy FonsecaDepartment of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8982-4633
University of Michigan · US

Funding

Lung Immunopathology Training Stipend SupplementT32HL007517 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI LUKACS, NICHOLAS W · 1985 to 2022
$6.1M
Viral and allergen-driven immunity in chronic lung diseaseR35HL150682 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Nicholas W Lukacs · 2020 to 2026
$4.8M
Neonatal RSV infection and alteration of allergic immune responsesR01AI138348 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI HUFFNAGLE, GARY B, LUKACS, NICHOLAS W · 2018 to 2022
$2.2M
NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007517NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI138348NIH HHS PO1AI089473NIH HHS R35HL150682NIH HHS RO1AI138348
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is often the first clinically relevant pathogen encountered in life, with nearly all children infected by two years of age. Many studies have also linked early-life severe respiratory viral infection with more pathogenic immune responses later in life that lead to pulmonary diseases like childhood asthma. This phenomenon is thought to occur through long-term immune system alterations following early-life respiratory viral infection and may include local responses such as unresolved inflammation and/or direct structural or developmental modifications within the lung. Furthermore, systemic responses that could impact the bone marrow progenitors may be a significant cause of long-term alterations, through inflammatory mediators and shifts in metabolic profiles. Among these alterations may be changes in transcriptional and epigenetic programs that drive persistent modifications throughout life, leaving the immune system poised toward pathogenic responses upon secondary insult. This review will focus on early-life severe RSV infection and long-term alterations. Understanding these mechanisms will not only lead to better treatment options to limit initial RSV infection severity but also protect against the development of childhood asthma linked to severe respiratory viral infections.

Indexed as

Adaptive ImmunityAnimalsEpigenomicsHumansLungLung DiseasesRespiratory Syncytial Virus, HumanRespiratory Syncytial Virus Infectionsasthmaearly-life RSVepigeneticslong-term alterationstrained immunity

Identifiers

PMID32375305
PMCPMC7290378
OpenAlexW3023662069

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