Front Cell Infect Microbiol June 2021 PMID 33363045

Fundamental Characteristics of Bat Interferon Systems.

Emily Clayton, Muhammad Munir

Mentions

34
Peak: 7 in Dec 2020
across 2 sources since Dec 2020

Extended reach

189,425
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Total likes

79

Video views

365

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Dec 2020 – Feb 2025

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What people are saying

The digital discussions show a strong appreciation for the unique status of bats in hosting viruses, with posts stating that bats 'have pretty unique immune systems' and noting their ability to transmit viruses without symptoms. The tone ranges from informative to enthusiastic, emphasizing the study’s significance in disease understanding and potential implications for human health.

AgreementModerate agreement

Most discussions acknowledge the unique immune features of bats and their significance, reflecting support for the article's findings.

InterestHigh interest

The wide range of facts shared about bats and their immune systems indicates high curiosity and engagement with the topic.

EngagementModerate engagement

Several posts include links to the publication and detailed comments, showing active interest and deeper engagement.

ImpactModerate impact

The discussions highlight the importance of understanding bat immunity for viral research, suggesting moderate to high potential influence on scientific research.

Abstract in brief

  • Bats are a key focus in studying innate immunity because they host many viruses that are dangerous to humans, and recent genomic research has revealed unique genes that may explain their ability to tolerate viruses without getting sick.
  • Unlike humans, bats may have specialized interferon (IFN) systems that help control viral infections, which is a major area of interest for understanding how they manage to coexist with viruses.
  • This review emphasizes the importance of studying bat immune mechanisms, especially the IFN system, using the Australian black flying fox as a model species to uncover potential antiviral strategies that could inform human disease control.

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BLS Lancaster University
@BLSLancasterUni · X

Bats are reservoir of multiple viruses and can play critical roles in emergence viruses including SARS-CoV-2. Here is a critical review of how bats unique immune system shape the viral emergence by @EmilyCVirology a PhD student @BLSLancasterUni https://t.co/gPHbpVq8JY

Dec 11, 2020 · 13 likes · 1 share · 875 followers View post →
Emily Clayton
@EmilyCVirology · X

I am very excited to share that my review paper on The Fundamental Characteristics of Bat Interferon Systems has now been published in Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology.

Dec 11, 2020 · 10 likes · 1 share · 224 followers View post →
高遠 頼@生命科学VTuber(たかとー らい) 定期科学ニュース配信(日)
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【生命科学ニュース】コウモリについて話そう #たかとー研究室 https://t.co/kOC3cMlDHc

Aug 31, 2024 · 8 likes · 5 shares · 14,056 followers View post →
Harriet Carroll: Long Covid Scientific Consultancy
@angryhacademic · X

Fun fact: bats have pretty unique immune systems, allowing them to live riddled with viruses, without signs of disease, but still able to transmit them https://t.co/7ngQ8eEZa5 https://t.co/nhOe0kUXo4

Dec 5, 2022 · 4 likes · 3 shares · 8,776 followers View post →
Harriet Carroll: Long Covid Scientific Consultancy
@angryhacademic · X

Fun fact: bats represent more than 20 % of mammals, and are one of the most diverse mammalian groups on the planet, with over 1300 species https://t.co/nhOe0kDmww

Feb 15, 2023 · 3 likes · 3 shares · 8,776 followers View post →
Nicola Bressi
@Nicola_Bressi · X

@Doom3Gloom @CrossWordsCW @gianlucac1 @ThManfredi @AurelianoStingi @marcocattaneo @divagatrice @RobiVil Assai interessante @Doom3Gloom. Il fatto che la gravità dei sintomi di #COVID possa dipendere da un basso rilascio di interferoni, mi ha ricordato che, nei pipistrelli

Feb 7, 2021 · 2 likes · 16,975 followers View post →

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Harriet Carroll: Long Covid Scientific Consultancy
@angryhacademic · X

RT @angryhacademic: Fun fact: bats represent more than 20 % of mammals, and are one of the most diverse mammalian groups on the planet, wit…

Feb 15, 2025 · 3 shares · 8,776 followers View post →
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RT @takatoh_life: 【生命科学ニュース】コウモリについて話そう #たかとー研究室 https://t.co/kOC3cMlDHc

Dec 27, 2024 · 5 shares · 359 followers View post →
Harriet Carroll: Long Covid Scientific Consultancy
@angryhacademic · X

RT @angryhacademic: Fun fact: Bats are the only known mammal capable of powered flight https://t.co/nhOe0kDmww

Dec 22, 2024 · 2 shares · 8,776 followers View post →
Harriet Carroll: Long Covid Scientific Consultancy
@angryhacademic · X

RT @angryhacademic: Fun fact: bats have pretty unique immune systems, allowing them to live riddled with viruses, without signs of disease,…

Dec 5, 2024 · 3 shares · 8,776 followers View post →
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@Hz_pulse · X

RT @takatoh_life: 【生命科学ニュース】コウモリについて話そう #たかとー研究室 https://t.co/kOC3cMlDHc

Aug 31, 2024 · 5 shares · 88 followers View post →
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@Nazonona · X

RT @takatoh_life: 【生命科学ニュース】コウモリについて話そう #たかとー研究室 https://t.co/kOC3cMlDHc

Aug 31, 2024 · 5 shares · 814 followers View post →
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@Science_Release · X

RT @takatoh_life: 【生命科学ニュース】コウモリについて話そう #たかとー研究室 https://t.co/kOC3cMlDHc

Aug 31, 2024 · 5 shares · 44,856 followers View post →
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@bxFLgfubBCvHa5B · X

RT @takatoh_life: 【生命科学ニュース】コウモリについて話そう #たかとー研究室 https://t.co/kOC3cMlDHc

Aug 31, 2024 · 5 shares · 1,108 followers View post →
高遠 頼@生命科学VTuber(たかとー らい) 定期科学ニュース配信(日)
@takatoh_life · X

【生命科学ニュース】コウモリについて話そう #たかとー研究室 https://t.co/kOC3cMlDHc

Aug 31, 2024 · 8 likes · 5 shares · 14,056 followers View post →
Prof Muhammad Munir
@VirologistMunir · X

Old World Fruit Bats are found to be naturally exposed to chikungunya virus (CHIKV). Most bats remain asymptomatic even when they are infected due to several reasons, we have captured here: https://t.co/gjroDEIP5z https://t.co/ntLD3QtEyZ https://t.co/RP5t83R9hy

Jun 14, 2024 · 2 likes · 1,261 followers View post →
Harriet Carroll: Long Covid Scientific Consultancy
@angryhacademic · X

RT @angryhacademic: Fun fact: bats represent more than 20 % of mammals, and are one of the most diverse mammalian groups on the planet, wit…

Feb 15, 2024 · 3 shares · 8,776 followers View post →
Noisy Nanny.
@NannyNoisy · X

Frontiers | Fundamental Characteristics of Bat Interferon Systems https://t.co/6r8d5E6XSx

Jan 19, 2024 · 390 followers View post →
Harriet Carroll: Long Covid Scientific Consultancy
@angryhacademic · X

RT @angryhacademic: Fun fact: Bats are the only known mammal capable of powered flight https://t.co/nhOe0kDmww

Dec 21, 2023 · 2 shares · 8,776 followers View post →
Naomi Harvey PhD #WearAMask
@Naomi_D_Harvey · X

RT @angryhacademic: Fun fact: bats have pretty unique immune systems, allowing them to live riddled with viruses, without signs of disease,…

Dec 5, 2023 · 3 shares · 16,625 followers View post →
Harriet Carroll: Long Covid Scientific Consultancy
@angryhacademic · X

RT @angryhacademic: Fun fact: bats have pretty unique immune systems, allowing them to live riddled with viruses, without signs of disease,…

Dec 5, 2023 · 3 shares · 8,776 followers View post →
Noisy Nanny.
@NannyNoisy · X

Fundamental Characteristics of Bat Interferon Systems - PMC https://t.co/4DHOXa2Wzf

Apr 11, 2023 · 390 followers View post →
Frank D’Elia
@FrankDElia7 · X

RT @angryhacademic: Fun fact: bats represent more than 20 % of mammals, and are one of the most diverse mammalian groups on the planet, wit…

Feb 16, 2023 · 3 shares · 2,702 followers View post →
Harriet Carroll: Long Covid Scientific Consultancy
@angryhacademic · X

Fun fact: bats represent more than 20 % of mammals, and are one of the most diverse mammalian groups on the planet, with over 1300 species https://t.co/nhOe0kDmww

Feb 15, 2023 · 3 likes · 3 shares · 8,776 followers View post →
Harriet Carroll: Long Covid Scientific Consultancy
@angryhacademic · X

Fun fact: Bats are the only known mammal capable of powered flight https://t.co/nhOe0kDmww

Dec 22, 2022 · 2 likes · 2 shares · 8,776 followers View post →
Noisy Nanny.
@NannyNoisy · X

Frontiers | Fundamental Characteristics of Bat Interferon Systems https://t.co/Xtdi9eihPY

Dec 10, 2022 · 390 followers View post →
Harriet Carroll: Long Covid Scientific Consultancy
@angryhacademic · X

Fun fact: bats have pretty unique immune systems, allowing them to live riddled with viruses, without signs of disease, but still able to transmit them https://t.co/7ngQ8eEZa5 https://t.co/nhOe0kUXo4

Dec 5, 2022 · 4 likes · 3 shares · 8,776 followers View post →
Noisy Nanny.
@NannyNoisy · X

Frontiers | Fundamental Characteristics of Bat Interferon Systems https://t.co/Xtdi9eihPY

Sep 23, 2022 · 390 followers View post →
jj
@murchiston · X

Bats have nuclear powered interferon systems &“possess the ability to establish a host-virus relationship where despite being infected, they exhibit limited signs of disease and still retain the ability to transmit the disease into other susceptible hosts” https://t.co/oTL0f8IeYS

Sep 11, 2021 · 1,222 followers View post →
Nicola Bressi
@Nicola_Bressi · X

@Doom3Gloom @CrossWordsCW @gianlucac1 @ThManfredi @AurelianoStingi @marcocattaneo @divagatrice @RobiVil Assai interessante @Doom3Gloom. Il fatto che la gravità dei sintomi di #COVID possa dipendere da un basso rilascio di interferoni, mi ha ricordato che, nei pipistrelli

Feb 7, 2021 · 2 likes · 16,975 followers View post →
IamtheWalrus
@IamtheW60512589 · X

Fundamental Characteristics of Bat Interferon Systems - Research Portal | Lancaster University https://t.co/4MhoEqrVTb #MeridianResponds

Feb 5, 2021 · 72 followers View post →
The Next Pandemic? Papers on New Zoonotic Viruses
@NextPandemicLit · X

Fundamental Characteristics of Bat Interferon Systems. https://t.co/RyQhpdbgQp

Dec 29, 2020 · 2 likes · 575 followers View post →
Bat_papers
@batpapers · X

Fundamental Characteristics of Bat Interferon Systems. https://t.co/Cm1053URNi https://t.co/pGYU0AIs3b

Dec 29, 2020 · 1,251 followers View post →
Frontiers - Infectious Disease
@FrontInfectDis · X

Fundamental Characteristics of Bat Interferon Systems https://t.co/rBlDG13v0Z #cellinfect

Dec 12, 2020 · 1 like · 1 share · 3,839 followers View post →
Emily Clayton
@EmilyCVirology · X

RT @BLSLancasterUni: Bats are reservoir of multiple viruses and can play critical roles in emergence viruses including SARS-CoV-2. Here is…

Dec 11, 2020 · 1 share · 224 followers View post →
BLS Lancaster University
@BLSLancasterUni · X

Bats are reservoir of multiple viruses and can play critical roles in emergence viruses including SARS-CoV-2. Here is a critical review of how bats unique immune system shape the viral emergence by @EmilyCVirology a PhD student @BLSLancasterUni https://t.co/gPHbpVq8JY

Dec 11, 2020 · 13 likes · 1 share · 875 followers View post →
Prof Muhammad Munir
@VirologistMunir · X

RT @EmilyCVirology: I am very excited to share that my review paper on The Fundamental Characteristics of Bat Interferon Systems has now be…

Dec 11, 2020 · 1 share · 1,261 followers View post →
Emily Clayton
@EmilyCVirology · X

I am very excited to share that my review paper on The Fundamental Characteristics of Bat Interferon Systems has now been published in Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology.

Dec 11, 2020 · 10 likes · 1 share · 224 followers View post →