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ReviewViruses2021

The Role of Autophagy in Varicella Zoster Virus Infection.

Johanna Heinz, Peter G E Kennedy, Trine H Mogensen

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Review in Viruses, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 14% 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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Varicella zoster virus and the central nervous system.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2026
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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 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Johanna HeinzDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Aarhus University Hospital, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-9093-0011
Peter G E KennedyInstitute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G61 1QH, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-8420-8583
Trine H MogensenDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Aarhus University Hospital, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark.
Aarhus University · DKUniversity of Glasgow · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Autophagy is an evolutionary conserved cellular process serving to degrade cytosolic organelles or foreign material to maintain cellular homeostasis. Autophagy has also emerged as an important process involved in complex interactions with viral pathogens during infection. It has become apparent that autophagy may have either proviral or antiviral roles, depending on the cellular context and the specific virus. While evidence supports an antiviral role of autophagy during certain herpesvirus infections, numerous examples illustrate how herpesviruses may also evade autophagy pathways or even utilize this process to their own advantage. Here, we review the literature on varicella zoster virus (VZV) and autophagy and describe the mechanisms by which VZV may stimulate autophagy pathways and utilize these to promote cell survival or to support viral egress from cells. We also discuss recent evidence supporting an overall antiviral role of autophagy, particularly in relation to viral infection in neurons. Collectively, these studies suggest complex and sometimes opposing effects of autophagy in the context of VZV infection. Much remains to be understood concerning these virus-host interactions and the impact of autophagy on infections caused by VZV.

Indexed as

AutophagyHerpesvirus 3, HumanHerpes ZosterHumansVaricella Zoster Virus InfectionVirus Replicationautophagycentral nervous systemendoplasmic reticulumlatencypathogenphagosomevaricella zoster virus

Identifiers

PMID34199543
PMCPMC8227580
OpenAlexW3167938391

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