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ArticleJournal of investigative medicine : the official publication of the American Federation for Clinical Research2021

Betamethasone induces potent immunosuppression and reduces HIV infection in a PBMC in vitro model.

Ross Cromarty, Alexander Sigal, Lenine Julie Liebenberg, Lyle Robert Mckinnon, Salim Safurdeen Abdool Karim, Jo-Ann Shelly Passmore, Derseree Archary

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Article in Journal of investigative medicine : the official publication of the American Federation for Clinical Research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 40% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 7 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

7 authors at 3 institutions in 4 countries.

Ross CromartyMucosal Immunology Laboratory, CAPRISA, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-6386-615X
Alexander SigalAfrica Health Research Institute (AHRI), Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Lenine Julie LiebenbergMucosal Immunology Laboratory, CAPRISA, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Lyle Robert MckinnonMucosal Immunology Laboratory, CAPRISA, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Salim Safurdeen Abdool KarimMucosal Immunology Laboratory, CAPRISA, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Jo-Ann Shelly PassmoreMucosal Immunology Laboratory, CAPRISA, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Derseree ArcharyMucosal Immunology Laboratory, CAPRISA, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa desh.archary@caprisa.org.
Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa · ZAMax Planck Institute for Infection Biology · DEUniversity of Cape Town · ZA

Funding

Inflammation and HIV risk: understanding partial Tenofovir efficacy in CAPRISA004R01AI111936 · NIAID · CENTRE/AIDS PROGRAMME/RES/SOUTH AFRICA · PI PASSMORE, JO-ANN SHELLEY · 2014 to 2017
$2.1M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI111936
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genital inflammation is an established risk factor for increased HIV acquisition risk. Certain HIV-exposed seronegative populations, who are naturally resistant to HIV infection, have an immune quiescent phenotype defined by reduced immune activation and inflammatory cytokines at the genital tract. Therefore, the aim of this study was to create an immune quiescent environment using immunomodulatory drugs to mitigate HIV infection. Using an

Indexed as

Immunosuppression TherapyAnti-Inflammatory AgentsAnti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-SteroidalBetamethasoneCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCells, CulturedDisease Transmission, InfectiousFemaleHIVHIV InfectionsHumansIbuprofenIn Vitro TechniquesLeukocytes, MononuclearPhytohemagglutininsToll-Like ReceptorsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsAnti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-SteroidalBetamethasoneIbuprofenPhytohemagglutininsToll-Like Receptorsanti-inflammatory agentsbetamethasoneglucocorticoidsimmunosuppressioninflammation

Identifiers

PMID33004468
PMCPMC7803916
OpenAlexW3090393472

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