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ReviewPLoS pathogens2010

Built shallow to maintain homeostasis and persistent infection: insight into the transcriptional regulatory network of the gastric human pathogen Helicobacter pylori.

Alberto Danielli, Gabriele Amore, Vincenzo Scarlato

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Review in PLoS pathogens, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 14% 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

28 citing papers in PubMed, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Alberto DanielliDepartment of Biology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy. alberto.danielli@unibo.it
Gabriele Amore
Vincenzo Scarlato
University of Bologna · ITStazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transcriptional regulatory networks (TRNs) transduce environmental signals into coordinated output expression of the genome. Accordingly, they are central for the adaptation of bacteria to their living environments and in host-pathogen interactions. Few attempts have been made to describe a TRN for a human pathogen, because even in model organisms, such as Escherichia coli, the analysis is hindered by the large number of transcription factors involved. In light of the paucity of regulators, the gastric human pathogen Helicobacter pylori represents a very appealing system for understanding how bacterial TRNs are wired up to support infection in the host. Herein, we review and analyze the available molecular and "-omic" data in a coherent ensemble, including protein-DNA and protein-protein interactions relevant for transcriptional control of pathogenic responses. The analysis covers approximately 80% of the annotated H. pylori regulators, and provides to our knowledge the first in-depth description of a TRN for an important pathogen. The emerging picture indicates a shallow TRN, made of four main modules (origons) that process the physiological responses needed to colonize the gastric niche. Specific network motifs confer distinct transcriptional response dynamics to the TRN, while long regulatory cascades are absent. Rather than having a plethora of specialized regulators, the TRN of H. pylori appears to transduce separate environmental inputs by using different combinations of a small set of regulators.

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, BacterialGene Regulatory NetworksBacterial ProteinsHelicobacter InfectionsHelicobacter pyloriHomeostasisHumansTranscription, GeneticBacterial Proteins

Identifiers

PMID20548942
PMCPMC2883586
OpenAlexW2012503970

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