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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2017

Pathogenic Acanthamoeba castellanii Secretes the Extracellular Aminopeptidase M20/M25/M40 Family Protein to Target Cells for Phagocytosis by Disruption.

Jian-Ming Huang, Chen-Chieh Liao, Chung-Ching Kuo, Lih-Ren Chen, Lynn L H Huang, Jyh-Wei Shin, Wei-Chen Lin

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 15% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 28 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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jian-Ming HuangInstitute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan. et10005@hotmail.com.
Chen-Chieh LiaoInstitute of Biotechnology, College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan. koala6214@gmail.com.
Chung-Ching KuoDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan. younger811117@gmail.com.
Lih-Ren ChenInstitute of Biotechnology, College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan. lrchen@mail.tlri.gov.tw.
Lynn L H HuangInstitute of Biotechnology, College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan. lynn@mail.ncku.edu.tw.
Jyh-Wei ShinDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan. hippo@mail.ncku.edu.tw.
Wei-Chen LinDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan. wcnikelin@mail.ncku.edu.tw.
National Cheng Kung University · TWTaiwan Livestock Research Institute · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Acanthamoeba castellaniiAminopeptidasesAnimalsCell AdhesionCell Culture TechniquesCell LineGene Expression Regulation, EnzymologicMultigene FamilyNeurogliaPhagocytosisProtozoan ProteinsRatsTime-Lapse ImagingUp-RegulationAminopeptidasesProtozoan ProteinsAcanthamoebaM20/M25/M40 superfamily aminopeptidasepathogenesis

Identifiers

PMID29258252
PMCPMC6149796
OpenAlexW2779474246

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