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ReviewCells2022

Mucosal Immune Responses to Respiratory Syncytial Virus.

Megan V C Barnes, Peter J M Openshaw, Ryan S Thwaites

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Review in Cells, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

16 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. The role of virus in nasal inflammation.European journal of medical research · 2025
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  5. Multifaceted Roles of IL-26 in Physiological and Pathological Conditions.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  16. Generating enhanced mucosal immunity againstFrontiers in immunology · 2023
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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 1 institution in 1 country.

Megan V C BarnesNational Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London W2 1NY, UK.
Peter J M OpenshawNational Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London W2 1NY, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7220-2555
Ryan S ThwaitesNational Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London W2 1NY, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3052-2793
Imperial College London · GB

Funding

Department of Health
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite over half a century of research, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)-induced bronchiolitis remains a major cause of hospitalisation in infancy, while vaccines and specific therapies still await development. Our understanding of mucosal immune responses to RSV continues to evolve, but recent studies again highlight the role of Type-2 immune responses in RSV disease and hint at the possibility that it dampens Type-1 antiviral immunity. Other immunoregulatory pathways implicated in RSV disease highlight the importance of focussing on localised mucosal responses in the respiratory mucosa, as befits a virus that is essentially confined to the ciliated respiratory epithelium. In this review, we discuss studies of mucosal immune cell infiltration and production of inflammatory mediators in RSV bronchiolitis and relate these studies to observations from peripheral blood. We also discuss the advantages and limitations of studying the nasal mucosa in a disease that is most severe in the lower airway. A fresh focus on studies of RSV pathogenesis in the airway mucosa is set to revolutionise our understanding of this common and important infection.

Indexed as

BronchiolitisRespiratory Syncytial Virus, HumanRespiratory Syncytial Virus InfectionsHumansImmunity, MucosalNasal Mucosabronchiolitisinfantsrespiratory mucosaRSVType-2 immunity

Identifiers

PMID35406717
PMCPMC8997753
OpenAlexW4220779534

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