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ReviewFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology2016

A Journey of Cytolethal Distending Toxins through Cell Membranes.

Kathleen Boesze-Battaglia, Desiree Alexander, Mensur Dlakić, Bruce J Shenker

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In one paragraph

Review in Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
27citing papers in PubMed
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

27 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Journal of oral microbiology · 2026
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  2. Journal of oral microbiology · 2026
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  3. Fimbriae potentiateCurrent research in microbial sciences · 2026
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  4. Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  7. Editorial: Innate immune evasion strategies during microbial infection.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2023
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  8. Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2023
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  9. International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  13. The Active Subunit of the Cytolethal Distending Toxin, CdtB, Derived From BothFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2021
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  18. The Cell-Cycle Regulatory Protein p21Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020
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  19. Oral and intestinal bacterial exotoxins: Potential linked to carcinogenesis.Progress in molecular biology and translational science · 2020
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  20. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kathleen Boesze-BattagliaDepartment of Biochemistry, SDM, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Desiree AlexanderDepartment of Biochemistry, SDM, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Mensur DlakićDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Montana State University Bozeman, MT, USA.
Bruce J ShenkerDepartment of Pathology, SDM, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA, USA.
University of Pennsylvania · USMontana State University · US

Funding

BACTERIA &LYMPHOCYTE SUPPRESSION IN PERIODONTITISR01DE006014 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI SHENKER, BRUCE J · 1985 to 2021
$8.6M
A. Actinomycetemcomitans Cdt Induces Pro-Inflammatory Innate Immune ResponsesR01DE023071 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI BOESZE-BATTAGLIA, KATHLEEN, SHENKER, BRUCE J · 2013 to 2024
$4.6M
Lysosomal maturation during periodontal infectionsR01DE022465 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI BOESZE-BATTAGLIA, KATHLEEN · 2012 to 2016
$2.0M
NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE006014NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE022465NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE023071
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The multifunctional role of lipids as structural components of membranes, signaling molecules, and metabolic substrates makes them an ideal partner for pathogens to hijack host cell processes for their own survival. The properties and composition of unique membrane micro-domains such as membrane rafts make these regions a natural target for pathogens as it affords them an opportunity to hijack cell signaling and intracellular trafficking pathways. Cytolethal distending toxins (Cdts), members of the AB2 family of toxins are comprised of three subunits, the active, CdtB unit, and the binding, CdtA-CdtC unit. Cdts are cyclomodulins leading to cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in a wide variety of cell types. Cdts from several species share a requirement for membrane rafts, and often cholesterol specifically for cell binding and CdtB mediated cytotoxicity. In this review we focus on how host-cell membrane bilayer organization contributes to the cell surface association, internalization, and action of bacteria derived cytolethal distending toxins (Cdts), with an emphasis on Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans Cdt.

Indexed as

Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitansBacterial ToxinsCell CycleCell MembraneCholesterolEukaryotic CellsHost-Parasite InteractionsHumansMembrane MicrodomainsPhosphoric Monoester HydrolasesProtein TransportBacterial ToxinsCholesterolcytolethal distending toxinPhosphoric Monoester HydrolasescholesterolCRAC sitecytolethal distending toxin (CDT)phosphatasesPI3K pathway inhibitors

Identifiers

PMID27559534
PMCPMC4978709
OpenAlexW2511048520

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