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ArticleNature2016

Dual RNA-seq unveils noncoding RNA functions in host-pathogen interactions.

Alexander J Westermann, Konrad U Förstner, Fabian Amman, Lars Barquist, Yanjie Chao, Leon N Schulte, Lydia Müller, Richard Reinhardt, Peter F Stadler, Jörg Vogel

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Article in Nature, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 289 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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289citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
66.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

289 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 502 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Alexander J WestermannUniversity of Würzburg, RNA Biology Group, Institute for Molecular Infection Biology, Josef-Schneider-Straße 2/D15, D-97080 Würzburg, Germany.
Konrad U FörstnerUniversity of Würzburg, RNA Biology Group, Institute for Molecular Infection Biology, Josef-Schneider-Straße 2/D15, D-97080 Würzburg, Germany.
Fabian AmmanUniversity of Leipzig, Department of Computer Science and Interdisciplinary Center for Bioinformatics, Härtelstraße 16-18, D-04107 Leipzig, Germany.
Lars BarquistUniversity of Würzburg, RNA Biology Group, Institute for Molecular Infection Biology, Josef-Schneider-Straße 2/D15, D-97080 Würzburg, Germany.
Yanjie ChaoUniversity of Würzburg, RNA Biology Group, Institute for Molecular Infection Biology, Josef-Schneider-Straße 2/D15, D-97080 Würzburg, Germany.
Leon N SchulteUniversity of Würzburg, RNA Biology Group, Institute for Molecular Infection Biology, Josef-Schneider-Straße 2/D15, D-97080 Würzburg, Germany.
Lydia MüllerUniversity of Leipzig, Department of Computer Science and Interdisciplinary Center for Bioinformatics, Härtelstraße 16-18, D-04107 Leipzig, Germany.
Richard ReinhardtMax Planck Genome Centre Cologne, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Carl-von-Linné-Weg 10, D-50829 Cologne, Germany.
Peter F StadlerUniversity of Leipzig, Department of Computer Science and Interdisciplinary Center for Bioinformatics, Härtelstraße 16-18, D-04107 Leipzig, Germany.
Jörg VogelUniversity of Würzburg, RNA Biology Group, Institute for Molecular Infection Biology, Josef-Schneider-Straße 2/D15, D-97080 Würzburg, Germany.
University of Würzburg · DELeipzig University · DEMax Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research · DESanta Fe Institute · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacteria express many small RNAs for which the regulatory roles in pathogenesis have remained poorly understood due to a paucity of robust phenotypes in standard virulence assays. Here we use a generic 'dual RNA-seq' approach to profile RNA expression simultaneously in pathogen and host during Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium infection and reveal the molecular impact of bacterial riboregulators. We identify a PhoP-activated small RNA, PinT, which upon bacterial internalization temporally controls the expression of both invasion-associated effectors and virulence genes required for intracellular survival. This riboregulatory activity causes pervasive changes in coding and noncoding transcripts of the host. Interspecies correlation analysis links PinT to host cell JAK-STAT signalling, and we identify infection-specific alterations in multiple long noncoding RNAs. Our study provides a paradigm for a sensitive RNA-based analysis of intracellular bacterial pathogens and their hosts without physical separation, as well as a new discovery route for hidden functions of pathogen genes.

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AnimalsBacterial ProteinsFemaleGene Expression RegulationGenes, BacterialHeLa CellsHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansJanus KinasesMiceMicrobial ViabilityRNA, BacterialRNA, MessengerRNA, UntranslatedSalmonella typhimuriumSignal TransductionBacterial ProteinsJanus KinasesPhoP protein, BacteriaRNA, BacterialRNA, MessengerRNA, UntranslatedSTAT Transcription Factors

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