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ArticlePLoS biology2021

Less is more: Biased loss of CpG dinucleotides strengthens antiviral immunity.

Daniel Sauter, Frank Kirchhoff

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Article in PLoS biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 49% 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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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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Daniel SauterInstitute for Medical Virology and Epidemiology of Viral Diseases, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7665-0040
Frank KirchhoffInstitute of Molecular Virology, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7052-2360
Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene · DEUniversität Ulm · DE

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_UU_12014/10Medical Research Council MR/K024752/1Medical Research Council MR/P022642/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Viruses may not only affect our daily lives but also shape our genome evolution. A recent study shows that the zinc-finger antiviral protein (ZAP) drives CpG suppression in a biased manner. Genes involved in the defense against viral invaders are particularly CpG suppressed to avoid self-targeting and to promote an effective immune response.

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Virus ReplicationCpG IslandsRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA-Binding Proteins

Identifiers

PMID34495970
PMCPMC8425523
OpenAlexW3197448840

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