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ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2010

Contribution of chitinases to Listeria monocytogenes pathogenesis.

Swarnava Chaudhuri, Joseph C Bruno, Francis Alonzo, Bobbi Xayarath, Nicholas P Cianciotto, Nancy E Freitag

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Article in Applied and environmental microbiology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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40citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.7field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

40 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 80 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

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Swarnava ChaudhuriUIC Department of Microbiology and Immunology (MC790), 835 S. Wolcott Ave., Chicago, IL 60612-7344, USA.
Joseph C Bruno
Francis Alonzo
Bobbi Xayarath
Nicholas P Cianciotto
Nancy E Freitag
University of Illinois Chicago · USNorthwestern University · USUniversity of Washington · US

Funding

Listeria Virulence Gene Expression Within Host CellsR01AI041816 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI FREITAG, NANCY ELIZABETH · 2001 to 2010
$3.9M
Bacterial chitinases as new virulence factorsR21AI076693 · NIAID · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI CIANCIOTTO, NICHOLAS P · 2009 to 2010
$433k
Listeria virulence gene expression within host cellsR56AI041816 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI FREITAG, NANCY ELIZABETH · 2012 to 2012
$399k
LISTERIA VIRULENCE GENE EXPRESSION WITHIN HOST CELLSR29AI041816 · NIAID · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI FREITAG, NANCY · 1997 to 2001
$253k
NIAID NIH HHS AI076693NIAID NIH HHS AI41816NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI041816NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI076693NIAID NIH HHS R29 AI041816NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI041816
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Listeria monocytogenes secretes two chitinases and one chitin binding protein. Mutants lacking chiA, chiB, or lmo2467 exhibited normal growth in cultured cells but were defective for growth in the livers and spleens of mice. Mammals lack chitin; thus, L. monocytogenes may have adapted chitinases to recognize alternative substrates to enhance pathogenesis.

Indexed as

AnimalsCaco-2 CellsChitinChitinasesGenes, BacterialHumansListeria monocytogenesListeriosisLiverMiceSpleenChitinChitinases

Identifiers

PMID20817810
PMCPMC2976247
OpenAlexW1970868690

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