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ReviewExpert reviews in molecular medicine2011

Molecular and cellular pathobiology of Ehrlichia infection: targets for new therapeutics and immunomodulation strategies.

Jere W McBride, David H Walker

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Review in Expert reviews in molecular medicine, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
56citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

56 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 76 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Type 1 secretion system and effectors in Rickettsiales.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2023
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  20. Immunophenotypical and pathological changes in dogs experimentally infected with Ehrlichia canis.Revista brasileira de parasitologia veterinaria = Brazilian journal of veterinary parasitology : Orgao Oficial do Colegio Brasileiro de Parasitologia Veterinaria · 2022
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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jere W McBrideDepartment of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
David H Walker
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston · US

Funding

PRODUCTION AND SHARING OF ENRLICHIAL RESEARCH REAGENTSR01AI031431 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BR GALVESTON · PI WALKER, DAVID H · 1991 to 2010
$3.7M
Protective Glycopeptide Immunodeterminants of Ehrlichia chaffeensisR01AI071145 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON · PI MCBRIDE, JERE W · 2006 to 2010
$1.9M
Ehrlichia Glycoprotein Modulation of Macrophage Gene ExpressionR21AI069270 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON · PI MCBRIDE, JERE W · 2007 to 2009
$597k
EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS SURFACE PROTEINSR21AI031431 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BR GALVESTON · PI WALKER, DAVID H · 2000 to 2000
$437k
NIAID NIH HHS AI0071145NIAID NIH HHS AI069270NIAID NIH HHS AI 31431NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI031431NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI071145NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI031431NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI069270
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ehrlichia are small obligately intracellular bacteria in the order Rickettsiales that are transmitted by ticks and associated with emerging life-threatening human zoonoses. Vaccines are not available for human ehrlichiosis, and therapeutic options are limited to a single antibiotic class. New technologies for exploring host-pathogen interactions have yielded recent advances in understanding the molecular interactions between Ehrlichia and the eukaryotic host cell and identified new targets for therapeutic and vaccine development, including those that target pathogen virulence mechanisms or disrupt the processes associated with ehrlichial effector proteins. Animal models have also provided insight into immunopathological mechanisms that contribute significantly to understanding severe disease manifestations, which should lead to the development of immunomodulatory approaches for treating patients nearing or experiencing severe disease states. In this review, we discuss the recent advances in our understanding of molecular and cellular pathobiology and the immunobiology of Ehrlichia infection. We identify new molecular host-pathogen interactions that can be targets of new therapeutics, and discuss prospects for treating the immunological dysregulation during acute infection that leads to life-threatening complications.

Indexed as

ImmunomodulationAnimalsBacterial ProteinsDevelopmental BiologyEhrlichiaEhrlichiosisGenome, BacterialHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansIntracellular SpaceTicksBacterial Proteins

Identifiers

PMID21276277
PMCPMC3767467
OpenAlexW2156761184

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