Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29202336›Full record

ReviewCurrent opinion in microbiology2018

Colonization, localization, and inflammation: the roles of H. pylori chemotaxis in vivo.

Kevin S Johnson, Karen M Ottemann

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In one paragraph

Review in Current opinion in microbiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 74 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
74citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
7.7field-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

74 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 130 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. Optimization ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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14 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kevin S JohnsonDepartment of Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA.
Karen M OttemannDepartment of Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA. Electronic address: Ottemann@ucsc.edu.
University of California, Santa Cruz · US

Funding

The function of chemotactic signal transduction during colonization and diseaseR01AI116946 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ · PI OTTEMANN, KAREN M · 2016 to 2025
$5.1M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI116946
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Helicobacter pylori is a Gram-negative bacterium that infects half of the world's population, causing gastritis, peptic ulcers, and gastric cancer. To establish chronic stomach infection, H. pylori utilizes chemotaxis, driven by a conserved signal transduction system. Chemotaxis allows H. pylori to sense an array of environmental and bacterial signals within the stomach, guiding its motility towards its preferred niche within the gastric mucosa and glands. Fine-tuned localization, regulated by the chemotaxis system, enables robust colonization during the acute stage of infection. During chronic infection, chemotaxis helps maintain bacterial populations and modulates the host immune response. Given its importance in host colonization and disease, chemotaxis is an attractive target for future treatments against H. pylori infections.

Indexed as

ChemotaxisInflammationAnimalsBacterial ProteinsChemoreceptor CellsGastric MucosaGastritisHelicobacter InfectionsHelicobacter pyloriHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansMiceSignal TransductionStomach NeoplasmsBacterial Proteins

Identifiers

PMID29202336
PMCPMC5862749
OpenAlexW2772979724

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Registered trials

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