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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2016

Mycobacteria Clumping Increase Their Capacity to Damage Macrophages.

Cecilia Brambilla, Marta Llorens-Fons, Esther Julián, Estela Noguera-Ortega, Cristina Tomàs-Martínez, Miriam Pérez-Trujillo, Thomas F Byrd, Fernando Alcaide, Marina Luquin

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers.

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41citing papers in PubMed
4.3field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

41 citing papers in PubMed, 59 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Cecilia BrambillaDepartament de Genètica i de Microbiologia, Facultat de Biociències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Bellaterra, Spain.
Marta Llorens-FonsDepartament de Genètica i de Microbiologia, Facultat de Biociències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Bellaterra, Spain.
Esther JuliánDepartament de Genètica i de Microbiologia, Facultat de Biociències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Bellaterra, Spain.
Estela Noguera-OrtegaDepartament de Genètica i de Microbiologia, Facultat de Biociències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Bellaterra, Spain.
Cristina Tomàs-MartínezDepartament de Genètica i de Microbiologia, Facultat de Biociències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Bellaterra, Spain.
Miriam Pérez-TrujilloServei de Ressonància Magnètica Nuclear and Departament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Bellaterra, Spain.
Thomas F ByrdDivision of Infection Diseases, Depatment of Medicine, The University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque NM, USA.
Fernando AlcaideServei de Microbiologia, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge-Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge, Universitat de Barcelona Barcelona, Spain.
Marina LuquinDepartament de Genètica i de Microbiologia, Facultat de Biociències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Bellaterra, Spain.
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona · ESBellvitge University Hospital · ESUniversity of New Mexico · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The rough morphotypes of non-tuberculous mycobacteria have been associated with the most severe illnesses in humans. This idea is consistent with the fact that

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clumpscordsinfection of macrophagesMycobacterium abscessusrough morphotypessmooth morphotypesvirulence factors

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PMCPMC5047892
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