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ArticleThe Journal of experimental medicine2017

pIgR and PECAM-1 bind to pneumococcal adhesins RrgA and PspC mediating bacterial brain invasion.

Federico Iovino, Joo-Yeon Engelen-Lee, Matthijs Brouwer, Diederik van de Beek, Arie van der Ende, Merche Valls Seron, Peter Mellroth, Sandra Muschiol, Jan Bergstrand, Jerker Widengren and 1 more

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Article in The Journal of experimental medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 71 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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71citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
7.0field-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

71 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 117 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

11 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Federico IovinoDepartment of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-5249-9120
Joo-Yeon Engelen-LeeDepartment of Neurology, Center for Infection and Immunity Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, 1012 WX Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Matthijs BrouwerDepartment of Neurology, Center for Infection and Immunity Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, 1012 WX Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Diederik van de BeekDepartment of Neurology, Center for Infection and Immunity Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, 1012 WX Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Arie van der EndeDepartment of Neurology, Center for Infection and Immunity Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, 1012 WX Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Merche Valls SeronDepartment of Neurology, Center for Infection and Immunity Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, 1012 WX Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Peter MellrothDepartment of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.
Sandra MuschiolDepartment of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.
Jan BergstrandDepartment of Applied Physics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-114 28 Stockholm, Sweden.
Jerker WidengrenDepartment of Applied Physics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-114 28 Stockholm, Sweden.
Birgitta Henriques-NormarkDepartment of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden birgitta.henriques@ki.se.ORCID 0000-0002-5429-4759
Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam · NLKarolinska University Hospital · SEKTH Royal Institute of Technology · SE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Adhesins, BacterialAnimalsAntibodies, BacterialBacterial ProteinsBiopsyBlood-Brain BarrierBrainEndothelial CellsFimbriae ProteinsHumansMeningitis, BacterialMice, Inbred C57BLMicroscopyPlatelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1Protein BindingReceptors, Polymeric ImmunoglobulinAdhesins, BacterialAntibodies, BacterialBacterial ProteinsFimbriae ProteinsPlatelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1Receptors, Polymeric ImmunoglobulinRrgA protein, Streptococcus pneumoniaeSpsA protein, Streptococcus pneumoniaeVirulence Factors

Identifiers

PMID28515075
PMCPMC5461002
OpenAlexW2614588217

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