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ReviewNature reviews. Microbiology2020

Epigenetic and epitranscriptomic regulation of viral replication.

Kevin Tsai, Bryan R Cullen

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Review in Nature reviews. Microbiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 116 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
116citing papers in PubMed
8.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

116 citing papers in PubMed, 164 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kevin TsaiDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1712-9153
Bryan R CullenDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA. bryan.cullen@duke.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8638-6850
Duke Medical Center · USDuke University · US

Funding

Social and Behavioral Sciences CoreP30AI064518 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI Nwora Lance Okeke · 2005 to 2026
$50.5M
The Center for HIV RNA Studies (CRNA)U54AI150470 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI TOLBERT, BLANTON SMITH · 2019 to 2021
$15.1M
Epitranscriptomic modification of HIV-1 transcripts: Effects of drugs of abuseR01DA046111 · NIDA · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI CULLEN, BRYAN R. · 2018 to 2022
$1.6M
NIAID NIH HHS P30 AI064518NIAID NIH HHS U54 AI150470NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA046111
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Eukaryotic gene expression is regulated not only by genomic enhancers and promoters, but also by covalent modifications added to both chromatin and RNAs. Whereas cellular gene expression may be either enhanced or inhibited by specific epigenetic modifications deposited on histones (in particular, histone H3), these epigenetic modifications can also repress viral gene expression, potentially functioning as a potent antiviral innate immune response in DNA virus-infected cells. However, viruses have evolved countermeasures that prevent the epigenetic silencing of their genes during lytic replication, and they can also take advantage of epigenetic silencing to establish latent infections. By contrast, the various covalent modifications added to RNAs, termed epitranscriptomic modifications, can positively regulate mRNA translation and/or stability, and both DNA and RNA viruses have evolved to utilize epitranscriptomic modifications as a means to maximize viral gene expression. As a consequence, both chromatin and RNA modifications could serve as novel targets for the development of antivirals. In this Review, we discuss how host epigenetic and epitranscriptomic processes regulate viral gene expression at the levels of chromatin and RNA function, respectively, and explore how viruses modify, avoid or utilize these processes in order to regulate viral gene expression.

Indexed as

Epigenesis, GeneticGene Expression Regulation, ViralRNA Processing, Post-TranscriptionalAnimalsAntiviral AgentsChromatinDNA VirusesEukaryotic CellsHistonesHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansPromoter Regions, GeneticProtein BiosynthesisRNA VirusesTranscriptomeVirus LatencyAntiviral AgentsChromatinHistones

Identifiers

PMID32533130
PMCPMC7291935
OpenAlexW3035189655

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