Evidence map›Paper›PMID 24379209›Full record

ArticleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2014

Microbicidal power of alpha radiation in sterilizing germinating Bacillus anthracis spores.

Johanna Rivera, Alfred Morgenstern, Frank Bruchertseifer, John F Kearney, Charles L Turnbough, Ekaterina Dadachova, Arturo Casadevall

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Article in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 36% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 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

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Johanna RiveraDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA.
Alfred Morgenstern
Frank Bruchertseifer
John F Kearney
Charles L Turnbough
Ekaterina Dadachova
Arturo Casadevall
Albert Einstein College of Medicine · USJoint Research Centre · DEUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham · US

Funding

Viral Pathogenesis and TherapeuticsU54AI057158 · NIAID · WADSWORTH CENTER · PI LEVY, DAVID E · 2003 to 2014
$100.8M
Synergy of Host Defense Mechanisms in the LungR01HL059842 · NHLBI · YESHIVA UNIVERSITY · PI CASADEVALL, ARTURO · 1997 to 2023
$7.4M
Regulation of B cell Clonal Diversity and Its Role in DiseaseR01AI014782 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI KEARNEY, JOHN FRANKLIN · 1985 to 2020
$7.1M
Biology of Fungal MelaninR01AI052733 · NIAID · YESHIVA UNIVERSITY · PI CASADEVALL, ARTURO · 2003 to 2019
$6.6M
PROTECTIVE ANTIBODIES FOR CRYPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONSR01AI033774 · NIAID · YESHIVA UNIVERSITY · PI CASADEVALL, ARTURO · 1994 to 2014
$5.6M
Molecular Characterization of C. neoformans AntibodiesR37AI033142 · NIAID · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI CASADEVALL, ARTURO · 2007 to 2016
$3.9M
Interaction of AIDS-associated microbes with radiationR01AI060507 · NIAID · ALBERT EINSTEIN COL OF MED YESHIVA UNIV · PI DADACHOVA, EKATERINA · 2005 to 2009
$1.8M
MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF C NEOFORMANS ANTIBODIESR01AI033142 · NIAID · YESHIVA UNIVERSITY · PI CASADEVALL, ARTURO · 1994 to 2006
$1.7M
Immunobiology of Bacillus anthracis Spore-Host InteractionsR01AI083449 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI KEARNEY, JOHN FRANKLIN · 2009 to 2012
$1.5M
Structure and Function of the B. anthracis ExosporiumR56AI081775 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI TURNBOUGH, CHARLES LEE · 2009 to 2010
$870k
Interaction of AIDS-associated microbes with radiationR56AI060507 · NIAID · ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI DADACHOVA, EKATERINA · 2010 to 2010
$415k
NHLBI NIH HHS HL59842-07NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL059842NIAID NIH HHS AI060507NIAID NIH HHS AI33142-11NIAID NIH HHS AI33774-11NIAID NIH HHS AI52733-02NIAID NIH HHS AI81775NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI014782NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI033142NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI033774NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI052733NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI060507NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI083449NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI033142NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI060507NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI081775NIAID NIH HHS U54 AI057158NIAID NIH HHS U54-AI057158
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Radioimmunotherapy (RIT) takes advantage of the specificity and affinity of the antigen-antibody interaction to deliver microbicidal radioactive nuclides to a site of infection. In this study, we investigated the microbicidal properties of an alpha particle-emitting 213Bi-labeled monoclonal antibody (MAb), EA2-1 (213Bi-EA2-1), that binds to the immunodominant antigen on Bacillus anthracis spores. Our results showed that dormant spores were resistant to 213Bi-EA2-1. Significant spore killing was observed following treatment with EA2-1 labeled with 300 μCi 213Bi; however, this effect was not dependent on the MAb. In contrast, when spores were germinating, 213Bi-EA2-1 mediated MAb-specific killing in a dose-dependent manner. Dormant spores are very resistant to RIT, and RIT should focus on targeting vegetative cells and germinating spores.

Indexed as

Alpha ParticlesAntibodies, MonoclonalBacillus anthracisBismuthMicroscopy, Phase-ContrastRadioisotopesSpores, BacterialAntibodies, MonoclonalBismuthRadioisotopes

Identifiers

PMID24379209
PMCPMC3957843
OpenAlexW1964392044

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