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ArticlemBio2012

Leukocyte inflammatory responses provoked by pneumococcal sialidase.

Yung-Chi Chang, Satoshi Uchiyama, Ajit Varki, Victor Nizet

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Article in mBio, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
36citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

36 citing papers in PubMed, 59 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. Pneumococcal neuraminidase activates TGF-β signalling.Microbiology (Reading, England) · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yung-Chi ChangDepartment of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
Satoshi Uchiyama
Ajit Varki
Victor Nizet
University of California, San Diego · US

Funding

Siglec Modulation of Inflammation in Humans and MiceP01HL057345 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI VARKI, NISSI MARY · 1997 to 2012
$24.1M
Siglec Modulation of Inflammatory ResponsesP01HL107150 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI LE, DZUNG T · 2011 to 2017
$18.0M
Sialic Acid O-Acetylation in GBS Pathogenesis & ImmunityR01HD051796 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI NIZET, VICTOR · 2006 to 2010
$1.6M
NHLBI NIH HHS HL057345NHLBI NIH HHS HL107150NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL057345NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL107150NICHD NIH HHS HD051796NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD051796
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cell surface expression of sialic acid has been reported to decrease during immune cell activation, but the significance and regulation of this phenomenon are still being investigated. The major human bacterial pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae causes pneumonia, sepsis and meningitis, often accompanied by strong inflammatory responses. S. pneumoniae expresses a sialidase (NanA) that contributes to mucosal colonization, platelet clearance, and blood-brain barrier penetration. Using wild-type and isogenic NanA-deficient mutant strains, we showed that S. pneumoniae NanA can desialylate the surface of human THP-1 monocytes, leading to increased ERK phosphorylation, NF-κB activation, and proinflammatory cytokine release. S. pneumoniae NanA expression also stimulates interleukin-8 release and extracellular trap formation from human neutrophils. A mechanistic contribution of unmasking of inhibitory Siglec-5 from cis sialic acid interactions to the proinflammatory effect of NanA is suggested by decreased SHP-2 recruitment to the Siglec-5 intracellular domain and RNA interference studies. Finally, NanA increased production of proinflammatory cytokines in a murine intranasal challenge model of S. pneumoniae pneumonia.

Indexed as

AnimalsBacterial ProteinsCell LineHumansInterleukin-8LeukocytesMiceNeuraminidasePneumonia, PneumococcalStreptococcus pneumoniaeBacterial ProteinsInterleukin-8Neuraminidase

Identifiers

PMID22215570
PMCPMC3251504
OpenAlexW1983352796

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