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ArticleEuropean journal of immunology2025

Natural Killer Cells Are Dispensable for Virus Control in Rag2

Joy Nakawesi, Tammie Sow Tao Min, Cecilia Johansson

Abstract read
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Article in European journal of immunology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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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.

Joy NakawesiRespiratory Infections Section, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Tammie Sow Tao MinRespiratory Infections Section, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Cecilia JohanssonRespiratory Infections Section, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6607-5000

Funding

MRC MR/V000659/1MRC MR/X001075/1Swedish Research Council International Postdoc 2022-00191
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is one of the major causes of severe lower respiratory tract infections, especially in children, the elderly, and immunocompromised individuals. Complications arising from viral infections in these age groups can present therapeutic challenges, as most of these individuals have impaired adaptive immunity. Using the T- and B cell-deficient Rag2

Indexed as

DNA-Binding ProteinsKiller Cells, NaturalRespiratory Syncytial VirusesRespiratory Syncytial Virus InfectionsAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalHumansInterferon-gammaLungMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutViral LoadDNA-Binding ProteinsInterferon-gammaRag2 protein, mouseIFN‐γNK cellsRag2−/− micerespiratory syncytial virus

Identifiers

PMID40899087
PMCPMC12405976

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