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ArticleScientific reports2018

Flavin Reductase Contributes to Pneumococcal Virulence by Protecting from Oxidative Stress and Mediating Adhesion and Elicits Protection Against Pneumococcal Challenge.

Giora I Morozov, Nurith Porat, Tatyana Kushnir, Hastyar Najmuldeen, Asad Adawi, Vered Chalifa-Caspi, Rachel Benisty, Ariel Ohayon, Ofir Liron, Shalhevet Azriel and 16 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing 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

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. The oxidative stress response ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2023
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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

26 authors.

Giora I MorozovThe Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Nurith PoratThe Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Tatyana KushnirThe Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Hastyar NajmuldeenDepartment of Infection, Immunity & Inflammation, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom.
Asad AdawiThe Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Vered Chalifa-CaspiNational Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Rachel BenistyThe Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Ariel OhayonThe Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Ofir LironNasVax, Ness Ziona, Israel.
Shalhevet AzrielThe Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Itai MalkaThe Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Shahar DotanNasVax, Ness Ziona, Israel.
Maxim PortnoiNasVax, Ness Ziona, Israel.
Andrew A PiotrowskiDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Daniel KafkaNasVax, Ness Ziona, Israel.
Barak HajajThe Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Tali FishilevichThe Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Marilou ShaganThe Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Michael TalNasVax, Ness Ziona, Israel.
Ron EllisNasVax, Ness Ziona, Israel.
Donald A MorrisonDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Andrea M MitchellInstitute of Microbiology and Infection, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Timothy J MitchellInstitute of Microbiology and Infection, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Ron DaganFaculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Hasan YesilkayaDepartment of Infection, Immunity & Inflammation, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom.
Yaffa Mizrachi NebenzahlThe Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel. ymizr@bgu.ac.il.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pneumococcal flavin reductase (FlaR) is known to be cell-wall associated and possess age dependent antigenicity in children. This study aimed at characterizing FlaR and elucidating its involvement in pneumococcal physiology and virulence. Bioinformatic analysis of FlaR sequence identified three-conserved cysteine residues, suggesting a transition metal-binding capacity. Recombinant FlaR (rFlaR) bound Fe

Indexed as

Bacterial AdhesionOxidative StressAnimalsBacterial ProteinsCell Line, TumorCells, CulturedFemaleFMN ReductaseHumansMacrophages, PeritonealMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, Inbred CBAMutationPhagocytosisStreptococcus pneumoniaeBacterial ProteinsFMN Reductase

Identifiers

PMID29321514
PMCPMC5762878

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