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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2023

IL-6 and IL-27 play both distinct and redundant roles in regulating CD4 T-cell responses during chronic viral infection.

James A Harker, Trever T Greene, Burton E Barnett, Phuc Bao, Aleksandr Dolgoter, Elina I Zuniga

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Article 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 3 papers.

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0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 25% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

James A HarkerDivision of Molecular Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States.
Trever T GreeneDivision of Molecular Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States.
Burton E BarnettDivision of Molecular Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States.
Phuc BaoDivision of Molecular Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States.
Aleksandr DolgoterDivision of Molecular Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States.
Elina I ZunigaDivision of Molecular Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States.
University of California, San Diego · US

Funding

Inhibitory Pathways Underlying Viral Persistence In VivoR01AI081923 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Elina I Zuniga · 2009 to 2026
$6.6M
Positive Immune-regulators During Chronic Viral InfectionsR01AI113923 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI ZUNIGA, ELINA I · 2015 to 2024
$5.1M
Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Dendritic Cell Adaptations During Chronic InfectionR01AI145314 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI ZUNIGA, ELINA I · 2020 to 2024
$2.4M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI081923NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI113923NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI145314Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 101372/Z/13/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The IL-6 cytokine family signals through the common signal transduction molecule gp130 combined with a cytokine-specific receptor. Gp130 signaling on CD4 T cells is vital in controlling chronic infection of mice with lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus clone 13 (LCMV Cl13), but the precise role of individual members of the IL-6 cytokine family is not fully understood. Transcriptional analysis highlighted the importance of gp130 signaling in promoting key processes in CD4 T cells after LCMV Cl13 infection, particularly genes associated with T follicular helper (Tfh) cell differentiation and IL-21 production. Further,

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Interleukin-27Lymphocytic ChoriomeningitisAnimalsCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCytokine Receptor gp130Interleukin-6Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virusMicePersistent InfectionReceptors, CytokineCytokine Receptor gp130Interleukin-27Interleukin-6Receptors, Cytokinechronic viral infectionIL-27IL-6lcmvT follicular helper cells

Identifiers

PMID37583704
PMCPMC10424726
OpenAlexW4385415844

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