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ReviewPLoS pathogens2017

Experimental study of tuberculosis: From animal models to complex cell systems and organoids.

Kaori L Fonseca, Pedro N S Rodrigues, I Anna S Olsson, Margarida Saraiva

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Review in PLoS pathogens, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers.

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49citing papers in PubMed
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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

49 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Applications of humanized mice inMolecular medicine reports · 2026
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  9. Human lung organoids model for assessing host response toFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026
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  13. Experimental dissection of tuberculosis protective immunity: a human perspective.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025
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  14. Coculture of tumor organoids with pathogenic microorganisms: a novel system to mimicFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025
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  15. Model systems to studyFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025
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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

4 authors.

Kaori L Fonsecai3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7048-9740
Pedro N S Rodriguesi3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
I Anna S Olssoni3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Margarida Saraivai3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8180-1293

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) is a devastating disease to mankind that has killed more people than any other infectious disease. Despite many efforts and successes from the scientific and health communities, the prospect of TB elimination remains distant. On the one hand, sustainable public health programs with affordable and broad implementation of anti-TB measures are needed. On the other hand, achieving TB elimination requires critical advances in three areas: vaccination, diagnosis, and treatment. It is also well accepted that succeeding in advancing these areas requires a deeper knowledge of host-pathogen interactions during infection, and for that, better experimental models are needed. Here, we review the potential and limitations of different experimental approaches used in TB research, focusing on animal and human-based cell culture models. We highlight the most recent advances in developing in vitro 3D models and introduce the potential of lung organoids as a new tool to study Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.

Indexed as

Disease Models, AnimalModels, BiologicalOrganoidsTuberculosisAnimalsHumans

Identifiers

PMID28817682
PMCPMC5560521

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