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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2020

Immune Mechanisms in Cardiovascular Diseases Associated With Viral Infection.

Radha Gopal, Michael A Marinelli, John F Alcorn

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
47citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

47 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 80 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Radha GopalDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
Michael A MarinelliDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
John F AlcornDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
University of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

Influenza A Inhibits TH17 Host Defense Against Bacterial PneumoniaR01HL107380 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI ALCORN, JOHN F · 2012 to 2024
$5.4M
Immune mechanisms of influenza-induced exacerbation of atherosclerosisR01HL146479 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI GOPAL, RADHA · 2020 to 2024
$1.9M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL146479
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Influenza virus infection causes 3-5 million cases of severe illness and 250,000-500,000 deaths worldwide annually. Although pneumonia is the most common complication associated with influenza, there are several reports demonstrating increased risk for cardiovascular diseases. Several clinical case reports, as well as both prospective and retrospective studies, have shown that influenza can trigger cardiovascular events including myocardial infarction (MI), myocarditis, ventricular arrhythmia, and heart failure. A recent study has demonstrated that influenza-infected patients are at highest risk of having MI during the first seven days of diagnosis. Influenza virus infection induces a variety of pro-inflammatory cytokines and chemokines and recruitment of immune cells as part of the host immune response. Understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in influenza-associated cardiovascular diseases will help to improve treatment plans. This review discusses the direct and indirect effects of influenza virus infection on triggering cardiovascular events. Further, we discussed the similarities and differences in epidemiological and pathogenic mechanisms involved in cardiovascular events associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) compared to influenza infection.

Indexed as

AnimalsCardiovascular DiseasesCOVID-19CytokinesHumansInfluenza, HumanOrthomyxoviridaeSARS-CoV-2CytokinesatherosclerosisCOVID-19heartimmune mechanisminfluenzamyocardial infarctionmyocarditisSARS-CoV-2

Identifiers

PMID33193350
PMCPMC7642610
OpenAlexW3094468221

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