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ArticleNature microbiology2017

APOLs with low pH dependence can kill all African trypanosomes.

Frédéric Fontaine, Laurence Lecordier, Gilles Vanwalleghem, Pierrick Uzureau, Nick Van Reet, Martina Fontaine, Patricia Tebabi, Benoit Vanhollebeke, Philippe Büscher, David Pérez-Morga and 1 more

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Article in Nature microbiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
22citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

22 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Apolipoproteins L involvement in immunity.Journal of human immunity · 2026
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  2. Germline-targeted baboon apolipoprotein L-1 protects mice against African trypanosomes.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  6. The Janus-faced functions of Apolipoproteins L in membrane dynamics.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2024
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  12. Apolipoprotein L1 and mechanisms of kidney disease susceptibility.Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension · 2021
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  18. Kidney international reports · 2019
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  19. African trypanosomes.Parasites & vectors · 2019
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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 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Frédéric FontaineLaboratory of Molecular Parasitology, IBMM, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 12, rue des Profs Jeener et Brachet, B-6041, Gosselies, Belgium.
Laurence LecordierLaboratory of Molecular Parasitology, IBMM, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 12, rue des Profs Jeener et Brachet, B-6041, Gosselies, Belgium.
Gilles VanwalleghemLaboratory of Molecular Parasitology, IBMM, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 12, rue des Profs Jeener et Brachet, B-6041, Gosselies, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6188-9582
Pierrick UzureauLaboratory of Molecular Parasitology, IBMM, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 12, rue des Profs Jeener et Brachet, B-6041, Gosselies, Belgium.
Nick Van ReetUnit of Parasite Diagnostics, Institute of Tropical Medicine, 155, Nationalestraat, B-2000, Antwerpen, Belgium.
Martina FontaineLaboratory of Immunobiology, IBMM, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 12, rue des Profs Jeener et Brachet, B-6041, Gosselies, Belgium.
Patricia TebabiLaboratory of Molecular Parasitology, IBMM, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 12, rue des Profs Jeener et Brachet, B-6041, Gosselies, Belgium.
Benoit VanhollebekeLaboratory of Molecular Parasitology, IBMM, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 12, rue des Profs Jeener et Brachet, B-6041, Gosselies, Belgium.
Philippe BüscherUnit of Parasite Diagnostics, Institute of Tropical Medicine, 155, Nationalestraat, B-2000, Antwerpen, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1926-7472
David Pérez-MorgaLaboratory of Molecular Parasitology, IBMM, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 12, rue des Profs Jeener et Brachet, B-6041, Gosselies, Belgium.
Etienne PaysLaboratory of Molecular Parasitology, IBMM, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 12, rue des Profs Jeener et Brachet, B-6041, Gosselies, Belgium. epays@ulb.ac.be.
Université Libre de Bruxelles · BEInstituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde · BE

Funding

European Research Council 669007
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The primate-specific serum protein apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) is the only secreted member of a family of cell death promoting proteins

Indexed as

AnimalsApolipoprotein L1Apolipoproteins LHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationMicePapio papioProtozoan ProteinsRecombinant ProteinsTrypanosomaTrypanosoma brucei bruceiTrypanosoma brucei gambienseTrypanosoma brucei rhodesienseTrypanosoma congolenseTrypanosoma vivaxTrypanosomiasis, AfricanApolipoprotein L1Apolipoproteins LProtozoan ProteinsRecombinant Proteins

Identifiers

PMID28924146
PMCPMC5660622
OpenAlexW2754687103

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