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ReviewArchives of virology2021

Viral mouse models used to study multiple sclerosis: past and present.

J E Libbey, R S Fujinami

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Review in Archives of virology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
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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

18 citing papers in PubMed.

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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.

J E LibbeyDepartment of Pathology, University of Utah School of Medicine, 15 North Medical Drive East, 2600 EEJMRB, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA.
R S FujinamiDepartment of Pathology, University of Utah School of Medicine, 15 North Medical Drive East, 2600 EEJMRB, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA. Robert.Fujinami@hsc.utah.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1435-8092

Funding

Virus-Host Interactions that Lead to EpilepsyR01NS065714 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI FUJINAMI, ROBERT S · 2010 to 2018
$2.9M
Viral-induced axonopathy: mechanisms of damage and repairR01NS091939 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI FUJINAMI, ROBERT S, LANE, THOMAS E · 2016 to 2020
$1.7M
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (US) R01NS065714National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (US) R01NS091939NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS091939
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a common inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system. Although the etiology of MS is unknown, genetics and environmental factors, such as infections, play a role. Viral infections of mice have been used as model systems to study this demyelinating disease of humans. Three viruses that have long been studied in this capacity are Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus, mouse hepatitis virus, and Semliki Forest virus. This review describes the viruses themselves, the infection process, the disease caused by infection and its accompanying pathology, and the model systems and their usefulness in studying MS.

Indexed as

Disease Models, AnimalAnimalsCentral Nervous SystemHumansMiceMultiple SclerosisMurine hepatitis virusRNA Virus InfectionsSemliki forest virusTheilovirus

Identifiers

PMID33582855
PMCPMC7882042

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