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ReviewCurrent opinion in immunology1996

Virus-induced autoimmune disease.

M G von Herrath, M B Oldstone

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Review in Current opinion in immunology, 1996. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
33citing papers in PubMed
4.8field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

33 citing papers in PubMed, 132 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

M G von HerrathScripps Research Institute, Department of Neuropharmacology, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
M B Oldstone
Scripps Research Institute · US

Funding

DNA Vaccination &Regulatory Cells in Type I DiabetesR01DK051091 · NIDDK · LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY · PI VON HERRATH, MATTHIAS G. · 2003 to 2006
$1.1M
PATHOGENESIS AND TREATMENT OF AUTOIMMUNE DIABETESR29DK051091 · NIDDK · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI VON HERRATH, MATTHIAS G. · 1996 to 2001
$180k
NIDDK NIH HHS DK49836NIDDK NIH HHS DK51091
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The breaking of tolerance or unresponsiveness to self-antigens, involving the activation of autoreactive lymphocytes, is a critical event leading to autoimmune diseases. The precise mechanisms by which this can occur are mostly unknown. Viruses have been implicated in this process, among other etiological factors, such as genetic predisposition and cytokine activity. Several ways have been proposed by which a viral infection might break tolerance to self and trigger an autoreactive cascade that ultimately leads to the destruction of a specific cell type or an entire organ. The process termed "molecular mimicry' and the use of transgenic models in which viral and host genes can be manipulated to analyze their effects in causing autoimmunity have been particular focuses for research. For example, there is a transgenic murine model of virus-induced autoimmune disease, in which a known viral gene is selectively expressed as a self-antigen in beta cells of the pancreas. In these mice, insulin-dependent diabetes develops after either a viral infection, the release of a cytokine such as IFN-gamma, or the expression of the costimulatory molecule B7.1 in the islets of Langerhans. Recent studies using this model have contributed to the understanding of the pathogenesis of virus-induced autoimmune disease and have furthered the design and testing of novel immunotherapeutic approaches.

Indexed as

AnimalsAutoimmune DiseasesCytomegalovirusHumansLymphocytic choriomeningitis virus

Identifiers

PMID8994870
PMCPMC7134972
OpenAlexW2026711162

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