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ReviewTrends in microbiology2017

Chlamydial Plasmid-Dependent Pathogenicity.

Guangming Zhong

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Review in Trends in microbiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 75 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
75citing papers in PubMed
8.2field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

75 citing papers in PubMed, 100 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Journal of bacteriology · 2025
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  10. Infection and immunity · 2025
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  11. Pangenome-Wide Association Study in theInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  12. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024
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  13. Chlamydiosis in Animals.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024
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  14. The Emergence Potential ofArchives of Razi Institute · 2024
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  19. Antibody responses toFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2024
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  20. Autophagy: the misty lands ofFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2024
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15 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Guangming ZhongDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA. Electronic address: Zhongg@UTHSCSA.edu.
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio · US

Funding

MECHANISMS OF CHLAMYDIAL EVASION OF IMMUNE RECOGNATIONR01AI047997 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI ZHONG, GUANGMING · 2000 to 2021
$6.9M
Chlamydia trachomatis proteomicsR01AI064537 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI ZHONG, GUANGMING · 2005 to 2015
$3.5M
Chlamydial plasmid-dependent pathogenesisR01AI121989 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI ZHONG, GUANGMING · 2016 to 2019
$1.9M
Chlamydia Vaccine---Global search for chlamydial T cell antigens in HLA-DR4 transgenic miceR21AI105712 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI ZHONG, GUANGMING · 2016 to 2017
$426k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI047997NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI064537NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI121989NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI105712
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Most Chlamydia species carry a 7.5kb plasmid encoding eight open reading frames conventionally called plasmid glycoproteins 1-8 or pGP1-8. Although the plasmid is not critical for chlamydial growth in vitro, its role in chlamydial pathogenesis is clearly demonstrated in the genital tracts of mice infected with Chlamydia muridarum, a model for investigating the human pathogen Chlamydia trachomatis. Plasmid-free C. trachomatis is also attenuated in both the mouse genital tract and nonhuman primate ocular tissue. Deficiency in pGP3 alone, which is regulated by pGP4, largely reproduced the in vivo but not in vitro phenotypes of the plasmid-free organisms, suggesting that pGP3 is a key in vivo virulence factor. The positive and negative regulations of some chromosomal genes by pGP4 and pGP5, respectively, may allow the plasmid to promote chlamydial adaptation to varied animal tissue environments. The focus of this review is to summarize the progress on the pathogenic functions of the plasmid-encoded open reading frames, which may motivate further investigation of the molecular mechanisms of chlamydial pathogenicity and development of medical utility of the chlamydial plasmid system.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntigens, BacterialBacterial ProteinsChlamydia InfectionsChlamydia muridarumChlamydia trachomatisHumansMicePlasmidsVirulence FactorsAntigens, BacterialBacterial Proteinspgp3 protein, ChlamydiaVirulence Factors

Identifiers

PMID27712952
PMCPMC5272858
OpenAlexW2529170645

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