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ArticleNature communications2021

Vpr counteracts the restriction of LAPTM5 to promote HIV-1 infection in macrophages.

Li Zhao, Shumei Wang, Meng Xu, Yang He, Xiaowei Zhang, Ying Xiong, Hong Sun, Haibo Ding, Wenqing Geng, Hong Shang and 1 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32citing papers in PubMed
5.3field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed, 39 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

11 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Li ZhaoDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Key Laboratory of AIDS Immunology of Ministry of Health, The First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
Shumei WangDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Key Laboratory of AIDS Immunology of Ministry of Health, The First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
Meng XuResearch Institute for Cancer Therapy, The First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
Yang HeResearch Institute for Cancer Therapy, The First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
Xiaowei ZhangDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Key Laboratory of AIDS Immunology of Ministry of Health, The First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
Ying XiongDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Key Laboratory of AIDS Immunology of Ministry of Health, The First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
Hong SunDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Key Laboratory of AIDS Immunology of Ministry of Health, The First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
Haibo DingDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Key Laboratory of AIDS Immunology of Ministry of Health, The First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
Wenqing GengDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Key Laboratory of AIDS Immunology of Ministry of Health, The First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
Hong ShangDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Key Laboratory of AIDS Immunology of Ministry of Health, The First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
Guoxin LiangDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Key Laboratory of AIDS Immunology of Ministry of Health, The First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China. gxliang@cmu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-1789-9094
First Hospital of China Medical University · CNChina Medical University · CNChinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CNChinese Academy of Sciences · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The HIV-1 accessory proteins Vif, Vpu, and Nef can promote infection by overcoming the inhibitory effects of the host cell restriction factors APOBEC3G, Tetherin, and SERINC5, respectively. However, how the HIV-1 accessory protein Vpr enhances infection in macrophages but not in CD4

Indexed as

Host Microbial InteractionsCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesGene SilencingHIV-1HIV-2HIV InfectionsHumansLysosomesMacrophagesMembrane ProteinsProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesProtein StabilitySimian Immunodeficiency VirusUbiquitin-Protein LigasesUp-RegulationVirionDCAF1 protein, humanLAPTM5 protein, humanMembrane ProteinsProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesUbiquitin-Protein Ligasesvpr Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virusvpr protein, Human immunodeficiency virus 1

Identifiers

PMID34140527
PMCPMC8211709
OpenAlexW3167504585

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