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ReviewGlycoconjugate journal2004

Sialoglycans in protozoal diseases: their detection, modes of acquisition and emerging biological roles.

Anil K Chava, Sumi Bandyopadhyay, Mitali Chatterjee, Chitra Mandal

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Review in Glycoconjugate journal, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 34% 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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Siglec receptors and hiding plaques in Alzheimer's disease.Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) · 2009
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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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Anil K ChavaImmunobiology Division, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, 4, Raja S.C. Mullick Road, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700 032, India.
Sumi Bandyopadhyay
Mitali Chatterjee
Chitra Mandal
Indian Institute of Chemical Biology · INBose Institute · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Protozoan parasites including Plasmodia, Leishmania, Trypanosoma, Entamoeba, Trichomonas and others cause diseases in humans and domestic livestock having far-reaching socio-economic implications. They show remarkable propensity to survive within hostile environments encountered during their life cycle, and the identification of molecules that enable them to survive in such milieu is a subject of intense research. Currently available knowledge of the parasite cell surface architecture and biochemistry indicates that sialic acid and its principle derivatives are major components of the glycocalyx and assist the parasite to interact with its external environment through functions ranging from parasite survival, infectivity and host-cell recognition. This review highlights the present state of knowledge with regard to parasite sialobiology with an emphasis on its mode(s) of acquisition and their emerging biological roles, notably as an anti-recognition molecule thereby aiding the pathogen to evade host defense mechanisms.

Indexed as

AnimalsHost-Parasite InteractionsHumansProtozoan InfectionsSialic AcidsSialoglycoproteinsSialic AcidsSialoglycoproteins

Identifiers

PMID15090733
OpenAlexW1973022703

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Registered trials

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