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ReviewBiotechnology advances

Bacterial type III secretion system as a protein delivery tool for a broad range of biomedical applications.

Fang Bai, Zhenpeng Li, Akihiro Umezawa, Naohiro Terada, Shouguang Jin

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Review in Biotechnology advances. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers.

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42citing papers in PubMed
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

42 citing papers in PubMed, 64 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Fang BaiState Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology of the Ministry of Education, Department of Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
Zhenpeng LiState Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology of the Ministry of Education, Department of Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
Akihiro UmezawaDepartment of Reproductive Biology, National Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo 157-8535, Japan.
Naohiro TeradaDepartment of Pathology College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, United States.
Shouguang JinState Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology of the Ministry of Education, Department of Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China; Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, United States. Electronic address: sjin@ufl.edu.
Nankai University · CNNational Center For Child Health and Development · JPUniversity of Florida · US

Funding

UF Clinical and Translational Science AwardUL1TR000064 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI NELSON, DAVID R · 2012 to 2014
$12.2M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000064
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A protein delivery tool based on bacterial type III secretion system (T3SS) has been broadly applied in biomedical researches. In this review, we summarize various applications of the T3SS-mediate protein delivery which enables translocation of proteins directly into mammalian cells without protein purification. Some of the remarkable advancements include delivery of antigens for therapeutic vaccines, nucleases for genome editing, transcription factors for cellular reprogramming and stem cells differentiation, and signaling molecules for post-translational proteomics studies. With continued improvement of the T3SS-mediated protein delivery tools, even wider application of the technology is anticipated.

Indexed as

Bacterial ProteinsDrug Delivery SystemsType III Secretion SystemsAnimalsHumansModels, BiologicalProtein TransportBacterial ProteinsType III Secretion SystemsCellularGenome editingProtein deliveryReprogrammingStem cell differentiationType III secretion systemVaccine

Identifiers

PMID29409784
PMCPMC7145356
OpenAlexW2793985637

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