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ArticleMethods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)2016

A Murine Model for Escherichia coli Urinary Tract Infection.

Thomas J Hannan, David A Hunstad

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Article in Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

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40citing papers in PubMed
11.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

40 citing papers in PubMed, 59 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. Genetic diversity and virulence characteristics of biofilm-producing uropathogenic Escherichia coli.International microbiology : the official journal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Thomas J HannanDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
David A HunstadDepartment of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S. Euclid Avenue, Campus, 8208, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA. dhunstad@wustl.edu.
Washington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

pan-Genome of E.coli in the bladder and gut of women with recurrent UTIP50DK064540 · NIDDK · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI HULTGREN, SCOTT J. · 2002 to 2017
$17.9M
Mucosal Immune Defense Mechanisms of the Urinary BladderU01AI095542 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI COLONNA, MARCO, HULTGREN, SCOTT J. · 2011 to 2020
$9.8M
ADHESIN-BASED NANOTHERAPEUTICS IN URINARY TRACT INFECTIONR01DK082546 · NIDDK · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI HUNSTAD, DAVID · 2010 to 2014
$1.6M
THE OUTER MEMBRANE AS A VIRULENCE PLATFORMR01DK080752 · NIDDK · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI HUNSTAD, DAVID · 2009 to 2013
$1.5M
NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI095542NIAID NIH HHS U01-AI095542NIDDK NIH HHS P50 DK064540NIDDK NIH HHS P50-DK064540NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK080752NIDDK NIH HHS R01-DK080752NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK082546NIDDK NIH HHS R01-DK082546
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Urinary tract infections (UTI) are among the most common bacterial infections of humans. The mouse provides an excellent and tractable model system for cystitis and pyelonephritis caused by Escherichia coli and other uropathogens. Using a well-established model of experimental cystitis in which the bladders of female mice are infected via transurethral catheterization, the molecular details of the pathogenesis of bacterial cystitis have been substantially illuminated in the last decade. Uropathogenic E. coli attach to bladder epithelium (both in human and mouse) via adhesive type 1 pili, establish a replicative niche within epithelial cell cytoplasm, and form intracellular bacterial communities that are protected from antibiotic effects and immune clearance. The use of different inbred and mutant mouse strains offers the opportunity to study outcomes of infection, including resolution, formation of quiescent intracellular bacterial reservoirs, chronic bacterial cystitis, and recurrent infections. Urine, bladder, and kidney tissues can be analyzed by bacterial culture, histology, immunohistochemistry, immunofluorescent and confocal microscopy, electron microscopy, and flow cytometry, while a broad array of soluble markers (e.g., cytokines) can also be profiled in serum, urine, and tissue homogenates by ELISA, Western blotting, multiplex bead array, and other approaches. This model promises to afford continued opportunity for discovery of pathogenic mechanisms and evaluation of therapeutic and preventive strategies for acute, chronic, and recurrent UTI.

Indexed as

AnimalsCystitisDisease Models, AnimalFemaleFlow CytometryHumansMiceUrinary BladderUrinary CathetersUrinary Tract InfectionsUropathogenic Escherichia coliUrotheliumBacterial persistenceCystitisEscherichia coliIntracellular bacterial communityUrinary tract infection

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