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ReviewAnnual review of microbiology2014

Subterfuge and sabotage: evasion of host innate defenses by invasive gram-positive bacterial pathogens.

Cheryl Y M Okumura, Victor Nizet

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Review in Annual review of microbiology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
46citing papers in PubMed
12.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

46 citing papers in PubMed, 78 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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Cheryl Y M OkumuraDepartment of Biology, Occidental College, Los Angeles, California 90041; email: okumura@oxy.edu.
Victor Nizet
Occidental College · USUniversity of California, San Diego · US

Funding

Siglec Modulation of Inflammatory ResponsesP01HL107150 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI LE, DZUNG T · 2011 to 2017
$18.0M
Cathelicidins in Skin ImmunityR01AI052453 · NIAID · VETERANS MEDICAL RESEARCH FDN/SAN DIEGO · PI GALLO, RICHARD L, NIZET, VICTOR · 2002 to 2017
$5.3M
Cathelicidin in Skin ImmunityR37AI052453 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Richard L Gallo, Victor Nizet · 2019 to 2026
$4.6M
GAS Switch from Colonizing Bacterium to Invasive PathogenR01AI077780 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI NIZET, VICTOR · 2008 to 2019
$3.8M
Mechanisms of the M protein in group A Streptococcus virulenceR01AI096837 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI GHOSH, PARTHO, NIZET, VICTOR · 2011 to 2015
$2.7M
SLS: Molecular Basis and Role in Invasive GAS DiseaseR01AI048694 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI NIZET, VICTOR · 2002 to 2006
$1.5M
NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL107150NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI048694NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI052453NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI077780NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI096837NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI052453
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The development of a severe invasive bacterial infection in an otherwise healthy individual is one of the most striking and fascinating aspects of human medicine. A small cadre of gram-positive pathogens of the genera Streptococcus and Staphylococcus stand out for their unique invasive disease potential and sophisticated ability to counteract the multifaceted components of human innate defense. This review illustrates how these leading human disease agents evade host complement deposition and activation, impede phagocyte recruitment and activation, resist the microbicidal activities of host antimicrobial peptides and reactive oxygen species, escape neutrophil extracellular traps, and promote and accelerate phagocyte cell death through the action of pore-forming cytolysins. Understanding the molecular basis of bacterial innate immune resistance can open new avenues for therapeutic intervention geared to disabling specific virulence factors and resensitizing the pathogen to host innate immune clearance.

Indexed as

Immunity, InnateAnimalsGram-Positive BacteriaGram-Positive Bacterial InfectionsHumansImmune EvasionVirulenceimmune evasioninnate immunityStaphylococcus aureusStreptococcus agalactiaeStreptococcus pneumoniaeStreptococcus pyogenes

Identifiers

PMID25002085
PMCPMC4343215
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