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ReviewTrends in microbiology2017

Evolutionary Constraints Shaping Streptococcus pyogenes-Host Interactions.

Reid V Wilkening, Michael J Federle

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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 25 papers.

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Progressive evolution ofMicrobial genomics · 2025
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  8. Efficient detection of Streptococcus pyogenes based on recombinase polymerase amplification and lateral flow strip.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2024
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  9. PepO and CppA modulateVirulence · 2023
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  15. Detecting Genetic Variation of ColonizingFrontiers in bioinformatics · 2022
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  17. Microbiology (Reading, England) · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Reid V WilkeningDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA; Center for Biomolecular Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA.
Michael J FederleDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA; Center for Biomolecular Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA. Electronic address: mfederle@uic.edu.

Funding

Mechanistic Dissection of Pheromone-Dependent Regulation of Group A StreptococcalR01AI091779 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI FEDERLE, MICHAEL J · 2011 to 2021
$3.9M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI091779
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Research on the Gram-positive human-restricted pathogen Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A Streptococcus, GAS) has long focused on invasive illness, the most severe manifestations of GAS infection. Recent advances in descriptions of molecular mechanisms of GAS virulence, coupled with massive sequencing efforts to isolate genomes, have allowed the field to better understand the molecular and evolutionary changes leading to pandemic strains. These findings suggest that it is necessary to rethink the dogma involving GAS pathogenesis, and that the most productive avenues for research going forward may be investigations into GAS in its 'normal' habitat, the nasopharynx, and its ability to either live with its host in an asymptomatic lifestyle or as an agent of superficial infections. This review will consider these advances, focusing on the natural history of GAS, the evolution of pandemic strains, and novel roles for several key virulence factors that may allow the field to better understand their physiological role.

Indexed as

Evolution, MolecularHost-Pathogen InteractionsBacterial ProteinsGene Expression Regulation, BacterialHumansMucous MembraneSerogroupStreptococcal InfectionsStreptococcus pyogenesVirulenceVirulence FactorsBacterial ProteinsVirulence FactorsBottleneckEpidemic serotypesIn vivo selectionMucosaPathogen evolutionSterile-site infection

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PMID28216292
PMCPMC5474166

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