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ReviewCurrent opinion in structural biology2022

Interferon-induced transmembrane protein 3 (IFITM3) and its antiviral activity.

I Jiménez-Munguía, A H Beaven, P S Blank, A J Sodt, J Zimmerberg

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

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16citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 15% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. From defense to disease: IFITM3 in immunity and Alzheimer's disease.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

I Jiménez-MunguíaSection on Integrative Biophysics Division of Basic and Translational Biophysics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH), MD, USA.
A H BeavenUnit on Membrane Chemical Physics Division of Basic and Translational Biophysics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH) MD, USA; Postdoctoral Research Associate Program, National Institute of General Medical Sciences National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
P S BlankSection on Integrative Biophysics Division of Basic and Translational Biophysics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH), MD, USA.
A J SodtUnit on Membrane Chemical Physics Division of Basic and Translational Biophysics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH) MD, USA. Electronic address: alexander.sodt@nih.gov.
J ZimmerbergSection on Integrative Biophysics Division of Basic and Translational Biophysics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH), MD, USA. Electronic address: joshua.zimmerberg@nih.gov.
National Institute of General Medical Sciences · US

Funding

Molecular simulations of lipid curvature stress and its effect on transmembrane proteinsZIAHD008955 · NICHD · EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT · PI SODT, ALEXANDER · 2016 to 2025
$6.2M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA HD008955
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Infections caused by enveloped viruses require fusion with cellular membranes for viral genome entry. Viral entry occurs following an interaction of viral and cellular membranes allowing the formation of fusion pores, by which the virus accesses the cytoplasm. Here, we focus on interferon-induced transmembrane protein 3 (IFITM3) and its antiviral activity. IFITM3 is predicted to block or stall viral fusion at an intermediate state, causing viral propagation to fail. After introducing IFITM3, we describe the generalized lipid membrane fusion pathway and how it can be stalled, particularly with respect to IFITM3, and current questions regarding IFITM3's topology, with specific emphasis on IFITM3's amphipathic α-helix (AAH)

Indexed as

Antiviral AgentsRNA-Binding ProteinsInterferonsMembrane ProteinsVirus InternalizationAntiviral AgentsInterferonsMembrane ProteinsRNA-Binding ProteinsAmphipathic Alpha HelixEnveloped VirusHIVHydrophobicityHydrophobic MomentInfluenzaInnate immunityInterferonMembrane Fusion

Identifiers

PMID36306674
PMCPMC13669907
OpenAlexW4307248095

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