Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29440568›Full record

ArticlemBio2018

Helmut Hirt, Kerryl E Greenwood-Quaintance, Melissa J Karau, Lisa M Till, Purna C Kashyap, Robin Patel, Gary M Dunny

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Article in mBio, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
30citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

30 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  6. An Overview of the Factors Involved in Biofilm Production by theInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  16. ProbioticApplied and environmental microbiology · 2021
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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.

Helmut Hirt *Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Kerryl E Greenwood-Quaintance *Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Melissa J KarauDivision of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Lisa M TillDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Purna C KashyapDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Robin PatelDivision of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6344-4141
Gary M DunnyDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA dunny001@umn.edu.
Mayo Clinic · USUniversity of Minnesota Medical Center · US

Funding

Mechanisms of alteration of GI physiology by gut microbesR01DK114007 · NIDDK · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI Purna C Kashyap · 2017 to 2026
$4.7M
Enterococcal Sex pheromones: impact on antibiotic resistance transfer and ecology of the gastrointestinal tract.R35GM118079 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI DUNNY, GARY M · 2016 to 2020
$2.1M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK114007NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM118079
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cell-cell communication mediated by peptide pheromones (cCF10 [CF]) is essential for high-frequency plasmid transfer

Indexed as

PlasmidsAnimalsCarrier StateConjugation, GeneticEnterococcus faecalisGene Transfer, HorizontalGerm-Free LifeGram-Positive Bacterial InfectionsIntestinesMiceModels, AnimalOligopeptidesPheromonesOligopeptidespeptide pheromone cCF10Pheromonesantibiotic resistance transfercell-cell signalingcompetitive fitnessgut microbiotamobile genetic element

Identifiers

PMID29440568
PMCPMC5821081
OpenAlexW2793703987

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Registered trials

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