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Title |
Delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) inhibits lytic replication of gamma oncogenic herpesviruses in vitro
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Published in |
BMC Medicine, September 2004
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DOI | 10.1186/1741-7015-2-34 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Maria M Medveczky, Tracy A Sherwood, Thomas W Klein, Herman Friedman, Peter G Medveczky |
Abstract |
The major psychoactive cannabinoid compound of marijuana, delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), has been shown to modulate immune responses and lymphocyte function. After primary infection the viral DNA genome of gamma herpesviruses persists in lymphoid cell nuclei in a latent episomal circular form. In response to extracellular signals, the latent virus can be activated, which leads to production of infectious virus progeny. Therefore, we evaluated the potential effects of THC on gamma herpesvirus replication. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 40 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 21 | 53% |
Mexico | 1 | 3% |
Burkina Faso | 1 | 3% |
Unknown | 17 | 43% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 36 | 90% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 5% |
Scientists | 1 | 3% |
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 66 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 3 | 5% |
Russia | 1 | 2% |
Unknown | 62 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Bachelor | 13 | 20% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 14% |
Researcher | 8 | 12% |
Student > Master | 6 | 9% |
Student > Postgraduate | 5 | 8% |
Other | 16 | 24% |
Unknown | 9 | 14% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 16 | 24% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 10 | 15% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 5 | 8% |
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 5 | 8% |
Immunology and Microbiology | 3 | 5% |
Other | 12 | 18% |
Unknown | 15 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 36. 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 03 January 2024.
All research outputs
#1,142,333
of 25,540,105 outputs
Outputs from BMC Medicine
#809
of 4,045 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#1,224
of 73,185 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Medicine
#2
of 9 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,540,105 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 95th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 4,045 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 45.7. This one has done well, scoring higher than 80% of its peers.
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