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ReviewViruses2025

Deciphering the Role of Macrophages in RSV Infection and Disease.

Sara Van Looy, Axelle Fransen, Lotte Jacobs, Sofie Schaerlaekens, Martina Ceconi, Francisco I Serrano-Cano, Noor Ul Hudda, Laurence Van Moll, Marie De Smedt, Paul Cos and 1 more

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Review in Viruses, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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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

2 citing papers 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

11 authors.

Sara Van LooyLaboratory for Microbiology, Parasitology, and Hygiene, University of Antwerp, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium.ORCID 0009-0001-8060-6437
Axelle FransenLaboratory for Microbiology, Parasitology, and Hygiene, University of Antwerp, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium.
Lotte JacobsLaboratory for Microbiology, Parasitology, and Hygiene, University of Antwerp, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-9166-1733
Sofie SchaerlaekensLaboratory for Microbiology, Parasitology, and Hygiene, University of Antwerp, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium.
Martina CeconiLaboratory for Microbiology, Parasitology, and Hygiene, University of Antwerp, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium.
Francisco I Serrano-CanoLaboratory for Microbiology, Parasitology, and Hygiene, University of Antwerp, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-8024-1650
Noor Ul HuddaLaboratory for Microbiology, Parasitology, and Hygiene, University of Antwerp, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium.
Laurence Van MollLaboratory for Microbiology, Parasitology, and Hygiene, University of Antwerp, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-9563-9581
Marie De SmedtLaboratory for Microbiology, Parasitology, and Hygiene, University of Antwerp, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium.ORCID 0009-0004-6076-224X
Paul CosLaboratory for Microbiology, Parasitology, and Hygiene, University of Antwerp, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium.
Peter L DelputteLaboratory for Microbiology, Parasitology, and Hygiene, University of Antwerp, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-3972-616X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major cause of severe respiratory infections in infants, the elderly, and immunocompromised persons. Innate immune responses to RSV, which are crucial for containment of the infection yet may also be linked to severe disease, are well-studied in the main RSV target cells, respiratory epithelial cells, but the role of pulmonary macrophages (MΦs), key innate immune regulators, remains incompletely defined. This review addresses the interaction of RSV with MΦ, discussing the susceptibility of these cells to productive infection, and MΦ responses to RSV, including cytokine and chemokine release and inflammasome activation. Furthermore, factors contributing to variability in MΦ infectivity and responses, such as MΦ polarization, age, differences in RSV isolates, co-infections, and prior innate priming, are presented. Finally, the review highlights discrepancies observed across experimental models, MΦ origins, and RSV isolates used, complicating the interpretation of MΦ-RSV interactions, thereby underscoring the need for standardized methodologies.

Indexed as

MacrophagesMacrophages, AlveolarRespiratory Syncytial Virus, HumanRespiratory Syncytial Virus InfectionsAnimalsCytokinesHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansImmunity, InnateInflammasomesCytokinesInflammasomescytokinesinnate immunitymacrophagesphenotype plasticitypulmonary infectionrespiratory syncytial virus

Identifiers

PMID41157621
PMCPMC12568122

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