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Multiple sclerosis: an example of pathogenic viral interaction?

Overview of attention for article published in Virology Journal, February 2017
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (87th percentile)

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Title
Multiple sclerosis: an example of pathogenic viral interaction?
Published in
Virology Journal, February 2017
DOI 10.1186/s12985-017-0719-3
Pubmed ID
28241767
Authors

Walter Fierz

Abstract

A hypothesis is formulated on viral interaction between HHV-6A and EBV as a pathogenic mechanism in Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Evidence of molecular and genetic mechanisms suggests a link between HHV-6A infection and EBV activation in the brain of MS patients leading to intrathecal B-cell transformation. Consequent T-cell immune response against the EBV-infected cells is postulated as a pathogenic basis for inflammatory lesion formation in the brain of susceptible individuals. A further link between HHV-6A and EBV involves their induction of expression of the human endogenous retrovirus HERV-K18-encoded superantigen. Such virally induced T-cell responses might secondarily also lead to local autoimmune phenomena. Finally, research recommendations are formulated for substantiating the hypothesis on several levels: epidemiologically, genetically, and viral expression in the brain.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 96 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 18 19%
Student > Bachelor 16 17%
Student > Master 14 15%
Researcher 12 13%
Other 9 9%
Other 11 11%
Unknown 16 17%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 22 23%
Medicine and Dentistry 18 19%
Immunology and Microbiology 9 9%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 7 7%
Neuroscience 7 7%
Other 8 8%
Unknown 25 26%

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 17. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 10 June 2022.
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#1,727,423
of 21,796,013 outputs
Outputs from Virology Journal
#125
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Outputs of similar age
#34,831
of 277,852 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Virology Journal
#1
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