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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2017

Functional Characterization of

Han-Yueh Kuo, Hsuan-Hao Chao, Po-Cheng Liao, Long Hsu, Kai-Chih Chang, Chi-Hua Tung, Chang-Hua Chen, Ming-Li Liou

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
37citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

37 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 56 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

8 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Han-Yueh KuoDepartment of Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital Hsin-Chu Branch, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
Hsuan-Hao ChaoDepartment of Electrophysics, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
Po-Cheng LiaoDepartment of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, Yuanpei University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
Long HsuDepartment of Electrophysics, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
Kai-Chih ChangDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Biotechnology, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan.
Chi-Hua TungDepartment of Bioinformatics, Chung Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
Chang-Hua ChenDivision of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan.
Ming-Li LiouDepartment of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, Yuanpei University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University · TWYuanpei University · TWChanghua Christian Hospital · TWChung Hua University · TWNational Taiwan University · TWTzu Chi University · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The RNA chaperone Hfq is involved in the riboregulation of diverse genes via small RNAs. Recent studies have demonstrated that Hfq contributes to the stress response and the virulence of several pathogens, and the roles of Hfq vary among bacterial species. Here, we attempted to elucidate the role of Hfq in

Indexed as

Acinetobacter baumanniiadhesionHfqinvasionouter membrane vesicles

Identifiers

PMID29163381
PMCPMC5663733
OpenAlexW2766400276

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