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ReviewCellular microbiology2011

The roles of NO in microbial symbioses.

Yanling Wang, Edward G Ruby

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Review in Cellular microbiology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers.

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38citing papers in PubMed
9.0field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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.

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

38 citing papers in PubMed, 87 citations in OpenAlex.

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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.

Yanling WangDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1550 Linden Dr., Madison, WI 53706, USA.
Edward G Ruby
University of Wisconsin–Madison · US

Funding

VIBRIO VIRULENCE DETERMINANTS IN A BENIGN COLONIZATIONR01RR012294 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI RUBY, EDWARD G · 1996 to 2011
$6.4M
Vibrio Virulence Determinants in a Benign ColonizationR01OD011024 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI MC FALL-NGAI, MARGARET J, RUBY, EDWARD G · 2012 to 2020
$3.9M
Resistance and resiliency in a natural host-microbe symbiosisR01GM099507 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI RUBY, EDWARD G · 2012 to 2015
$1.4M
NCRR NIH HHS R01 RR012294NCRR NIH HHS R01 RR 12294NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM099507NIH HHS R01 OD011024
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Because of its unique chemical properties, nitric oxide (NO) is a pluripotent signalling and effector molecule that is implicated in a variety of biological roles. Although NO is known to function in host innate immunity against pathogen invasion, its possible roles in microbial symbioses with animal and plant hosts remain relatively less well defined. In this review, we discuss the mechanisms by which bacteria sense and/or detoxify NO. We then focus specifically on its roles in microbial symbioses of diverse eukaryotic hosts. Using the squid-vibrio light-organ symbiosis as a well-characterized example, we discuss the ways in which NO serves as a signal, antioxidant and specificity determinant in this model symbiosis. Because beneficial microbial associations are older and much more prevalent than pathogenic ones, it seems likely that the former may be evolutionary precursors of the latter. Thus, knowledge of the roles played by NO in mutualisms will provide insights into its function in disease interactions as well.

Indexed as

SymbiosisAnimalsAntioxidantsBacteriaDecapodiformesHost-Pathogen InteractionsNitric OxidePlantsSignal TransductionVibrioAntioxidantsNitric Oxide

Identifiers

PMID21338463
PMCPMC3690197
OpenAlexW2140417510

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