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ReviewMicrobiology spectrum2015

Hijacking and Use of Host Lipids by Intracellular Pathogens.

Alvaro Toledo, Jorge L Benach

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Review in Microbiology spectrum, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
35citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% 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

35 citing papers in PubMed, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Cholesterol sulfate signaling facilitates persistent colonization of mucoid-coccoid H. pylori in gastric environment.International microbiology : the official journal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology · 2026
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  9. Cholesterol Contributes to Risk, Severity, and Machine Learning-Driven Diagnosis of Lyme Disease.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2023
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  11. Cellular cholesterol licensesMicrobial cell (Graz, Austria) · 2023
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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 1 institution in 1 country.

Alvaro ToledoDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Stony Brook University, Center for Infectious Diseases at the Center for Molecular Medicine, Stony Brook, NY 11794.
Jorge L BenachDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Stony Brook University, Center for Infectious Diseases at the Center for Molecular Medicine, Stony Brook, NY 11794.
Stony Brook University · US

Funding

Viral Pathogenesis and TherapeuticsU54AI057158 · NIAID · WADSWORTH CENTER · PI LEVY, DAVID E · 2003 to 2014
$100.8M
Antigen Specific Response to BorreliaR01AI027044 · NIAID · STATE UNIVERSITY NEW YORK STONY BROOK · PI BENACH, JORGE L. · 1989 to 2020
$3.7M
ANTIGEN SPECIFIC RESPONSES TO BORRELIAR37AI027044 · NIAID · STATE UNIVERSITY NEW YORK STONY BROOK · PI BENACH, JORGE L. · 1998 to 2007
$2.6M
Antigen Specific Responses to BorreliaR56AI027044 · NIAID · STATE UNIVERSITY NEW YORK STONY BROOK · PI BENACH, JORGE L. · 2015 to 2015
$467k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI027044NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI027044NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI027044NIAID NIH HHS U54 AI057158
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Intracellular bacteria use a number of strategies to survive, grow, multiply, and disseminate within the host. One of the most striking adaptations that intracellular pathogens have developed is the ability to utilize host lipids and their metabolism. Bacteria such as Anaplasma, Chlamydia, or Mycobacterium can use host lipids for different purposes, such as a means of entry through lipid rafts, building blocks for bacteria membrane formation, energy sources, camouflage to avoid the fusion of phagosomes and lysosomes, and dissemination. One of the most extreme examples of lipid exploitation is Mycobacterium, which not only utilizes the host lipid as a carbon and energy source but is also able to reprogram the host lipid metabolism. Likewise, Chlamydia spp. have also developed numerous mechanisms to reprogram lipids onto their intracellular inclusions. Finally, while the ability to exploit host lipids is important in intracellular bacteria, it is not an exclusive trait. Extracellular pathogens, including Helicobacter, Mycoplasma, and Borrelia, can recruit and metabolize host lipids that are important for their growth and survival.Throughout this chapter we will review how intracellular and extracellular bacterial pathogens utilize host lipids to enter, survive, multiply, and disseminate in the host.

Indexed as

Host-Pathogen InteractionsLipid MetabolismAnimalsBacteriaBacterial InfectionsHumans

Identifiers

PMID27337282
PMCPMC5790186
OpenAlexW2490472137

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