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ReviewParasitology research2009

Functional genes and proteins of Trichinella spp.

Isao Nagano, Zhiliang Wu, Yuzo Takahashi

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Review in Parasitology research, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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54citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

54 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 105 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  12. Immunization withTropical medicine and infectious disease · 2022
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  13. Food and waterborne parasitology · 2022
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  14. Immunomodulatory components ofEXCLI journal · 2022
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  15. Vaccines as a Strategy to Control Trichinellosis.Frontiers in microbiology · 2022
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  18. Comparative Epigenomics Reveals Host Diversity of theFrontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Isao NaganoDepartment of Parasitology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Yanagido 1-1, Gifu 501-1194, Japan. isao@gifu-u.ac.jp
Zhiliang Wu
Yuzo Takahashi
Gifu University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Research of Trichinella proteins has been conducted with emphasis on excretory-secretory (E-S) products of muscle larvae because of two reasons. The first is that it has prominent and narrow specific antigenicity, and the second is that it may play some role in nurse cell formation after being secreted into host muscle cells. Proteomic analysis of E-S proteins was further advanced by the aid of new analytical methods such as gene cloning, matrix-assisted laser desorption-ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry, and expressed sequence tags database analysis. As the research progressed, the interest of researchers moved to identification of function of E-S products, which has shed further light on the intriguing relationships between parasites and hosts. Major constituents of the E-S products include 43-, 53-, and 45-kDa glycoprotein derived from the stichosome. Many proteins were discovered in E-S products after the 43-, 53-, and 45-kDa proteins although the relationships among them remain unclear. Some of the new proteins were partially defined in terms of their function including nuclear antigens, MyoD-like protein, TsJ5 protein, etc. There are better-characterized proteins based on the gene molecular method, which allow easier identification of the function of proteins of interest. Such examples were demonstrated by proteinases, proteinase inhibitors, heat shock proteins, glycosidases, etc.

Indexed as

Genes, HelminthAnimalsAntigens, HelminthHelminth ProteinsTrichinellaAntigens, Helminthexcretory-secretory antigen, TrichinellaHelminth Proteins

Identifiers

PMID18987885
OpenAlexW2000175838

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