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ArticleNature immunology2021

RIG-I triggers a signaling-abortive anti-SARS-CoV-2 defense in human lung cells.

Taisho Yamada, Seiichi Sato, Yuki Sotoyama, Yasuko Orba, Hirofumi Sawa, Hajime Yamauchi, Michihito Sasaki, Akinori Takaoka

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Article in Nature immunology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 150 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
150citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
17.4field-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

150 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 235 citations in OpenAlex.

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90 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Taisho YamadaDivision of Signaling in Cancer and Immunology, Institute for Genetic Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
Seiichi SatoDivision of Signaling in Cancer and Immunology, Institute for Genetic Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
Yuki SotoyamaDivision of Signaling in Cancer and Immunology, Institute for Genetic Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
Yasuko OrbaDivision of Molecular Pathobiology, Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
Hirofumi SawaDivision of Molecular Pathobiology, Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
Hajime YamauchiDivision of Signaling in Cancer and Immunology, Institute for Genetic Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
Michihito SasakiDivision of Molecular Pathobiology, Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1607-2175
Akinori TakaokaDivision of Signaling in Cancer and Immunology, Institute for Genetic Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. takaoka@igm.hokudai.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6036-3757
Hokkaido University · JPSapporo Medical University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Efficient immune responses against viral infection are determined by sufficient activation of nucleic acid sensor-mediated innate immunity

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A549 CellsAnimalsCell LineCell Line, TumorChlorocebus aethiopsCOVID-19DEAD Box Protein 58DogsHEK293 CellsHumansInterferon LambdaInterferonsInterferon Type ILungMadin Darby Canine Kidney CellsPulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveDEAD Box Protein 58Interferon LambdaInterferonsInterferon Type IReceptors, ImmunologicRIGI protein, humanRNA-Dependent RNA PolymeraseViral Proteins

Identifiers

PMID33976430
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