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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2023

Emerging viral infections in immunocompromised patients: A great challenge to better define the role of immune response.

Chiara Agrati, Barbara Bartolini, Veronica Bordoni, Franco Locatelli, Maria Rosaria Capobianchi, Antonino Di Caro, Concetta Castilletti, Giuseppe Ippolito

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
21citing papers in PubMed
7.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

21 citing papers in PubMed, 37 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

8 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Chiara AgratiOncoematologia e Officina Farmaceutica, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Barbara BartoliniGeneral Directorate for Research and Health Innovation, Italian Ministry of Health, Rome, Italy.
Veronica BordoniOncoematologia e Officina Farmaceutica, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Franco LocatelliOncoematologia e Officina Farmaceutica, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Maria Rosaria CapobianchiDepartment of Infectious, Tropical Diseases and Microbiology, IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar di Valpolicella, Verona, Italy.
Antonino Di CaroDepartment of Infectious, Tropical Diseases and Microbiology, IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar di Valpolicella, Verona, Italy.
Concetta CastillettiDepartment of Infectious, Tropical Diseases and Microbiology, IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar di Valpolicella, Verona, Italy.
Giuseppe IppolitoGeneral Directorate for Research and Health Innovation, Italian Ministry of Health, Rome, Italy.
Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital · ITMinistero della Salute · ITSaint Camillus International University of Health and Medical Sciences · ITOspedale Sacro Cuore Don Calabria · ITUniversità Cattolica del Sacro Cuore · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The immune response to invading pathogens is characterized by the rapid establishment of a complex network of cellular interactions and soluble signals. The correct balancing of activating and regulating pathways and tissue-homing signals determines its effectiveness and persistence over time. Emerging viral pathogens have always represented a great challenge to the immune system and an often uncontrolled/imbalanced immune response has been described (e.g. cytokine storm, immune paralysis), contributing to the severity of the disease. Several immune biomarkers and cell subsets have been identified as major players in the cascade of events leading to severe diseases, highlighting the rationale for host-directed intervention strategy. There are millions of immunocompromised pediatric and adult patients worldwide (e.g. transplant recipients, hematologic patients, subjects with primary immune-deficiencies), experiencing an impaired immune reactivity, due to diseases and/or to the medical treatments. The reduced immune reactivity could have two paradoxical non-exclusive effects: a weak protective immunity on one hand, and a reduced contribution to immune-mediated pathogenetic processes on the other hand. In these sensitive contexts, the impact of emerging infections represents a still open issue to be explored with several challenges for immunologists, virologists, physicians and epidemiologists. In this review, we will address emerging infections in immunocompromised hosts, to summarize the available data concerning the immune response profile, its influence on the clinical presentation, the possible contribution of persistent viral shedding in generating new viral variants with improved immune escape features, and the key role of vaccination.

Indexed as

Virus DiseasesChildHumansImmunityImmunocompromised Hostadultchildrenimmune deficiencyimmunopathogenesispersistent infection

Identifiers

PMID36969202
PMCPMC10035572
OpenAlexW4323666670

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