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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2020

Exposome and Immunity Training: How Pathogen Exposure Order Influences Innate Immune Cell Lineage Commitment and Function.

Kevin Adams, K Scott Weber, Steven M Johnson

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 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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27citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kevin AdamsDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA.
K Scott WeberDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3688-2191
Steven M JohnsonDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA.
Brigham Young University · US

Funding

NIH HHS 1R15GM110646-01
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immune memory is a defining characteristic of adaptive immunity, but recent work has shown that the activation of innate immunity can also improve responsiveness in subsequent exposures. This has been coined "trained immunity" and diverges with the perception that the innate immune system is primitive, non-specific, and reacts to novel and recurrent antigen exposures similarly. The "exposome" is the cumulative exposures (diet, exercise, environmental exposure, vaccination, genetics, etc.) an individual has experienced and provides a mechanism for the establishment of immune training or immunotolerance. It is becoming increasingly clear that trained immunity constitutes a delicate balance between the dose, duration, and order of exposures. Upon innate stimuli, trained immunity or tolerance is shaped by epigenetic and metabolic changes that alter hematopoietic stem cell lineage commitment and responses to infection. Due to the immunomodulatory role of the exposome, understanding innate immune training is critical for understanding why some individuals exhibit protective phenotypes while closely related individuals may experience immunotolerant effects (e.g., the order of exposure can result in completely divergent immune responses). Research on the exposome and trained immunity may be leveraged to identify key factors for improving vaccination development, altering inflammatory disease development, and introducing potential new prophylactic treatments, especially for diseases such as COVID-19, which is currently a major health issue for the world. Furthermore, continued exposome research may prevent many deleterious effects caused by immunotolerance that frequently result in host morbidity or mortality.

Indexed as

BetacoronavirusCell LineageCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19Dendritic CellsDNA MethylationExposomeHistone CodeHumansImmune ToleranceImmunity, InnateImmunologic MemoryKiller Cells, NaturalMacrophagesPandemicsPneumonia, ViralCOVID-19dendritic cellsDNA methylationepigeneticsexposomehistone modificationmacrophagesmonocytesNK cellsSARS-CoV-2trained immunity

Identifiers

PMID33187101
PMCPMC7697998
OpenAlexW3104122912

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