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ArticleNature microbiology2018

A protease cascade regulates release of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum from host red blood cells.

James A Thomas, Michele S Y Tan, Claudine Bisson, Aaron Borg, Trishant R Umrekar, Fiona Hackett, Victoria L Hale, Gema Vizcay-Barrena, Roland A Fleck, Ambrosius P Snijders and 2 more

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Article in Nature microbiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 72 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
72citing papers in PubMed
15.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

72 citing papers in PubMed, 136 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

James A ThomasMalaria Biochemistry Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1991-1838
Michele S Y TanMalaria Biochemistry Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3747-2365
Claudine BissonCrystallography, Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Birkbeck College, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-9430-6822
Aaron BorgProtein Analysis and Proteomics Platform, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.
Trishant R UmrekarCrystallography, Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Birkbeck College, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3138-4185
Fiona HackettMalaria Biochemistry Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.
Victoria L HaleCrystallography, Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Birkbeck College, London, UK.
Gema Vizcay-BarrenaCentre for Ultrastructural Imaging, Kings College London, London, UK.
Roland A FleckCentre for Ultrastructural Imaging, Kings College London, London, UK.
Ambrosius P SnijdersProtein Analysis and Proteomics Platform, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5416-8592
Helen R SaibilCrystallography, Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Birkbeck College, London, UK.
Michael J BlackmanMalaria Biochemistry Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK. mike.blackman@crick.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-7442-3810
The Francis Crick Institute · GBInstitute of Structural and Molecular Biology · GBKing's College London · GBMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council G1100013Medical Research Council MR/P010288/1Wellcome Trust FC001043
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Malaria parasites replicate within a parasitophorous vacuole in red blood cells (RBCs). Progeny merozoites egress upon rupture of first the parasitophorous vacuole membrane (PVM), then poration and rupture of the RBC membrane (RBCM). Egress is protease-dependent

Indexed as

Cell MembraneCysteine ProteasesCytoskeletonErythrocytesHumansMalaria, FalciparumPlasmodium falciparumProtozoan ProteinsSerine ProteasesCysteine ProteasesProtozoan ProteinsSERA6 protein, Plasmodium falciparumSerine Proteases

Identifiers

PMID29459732
PMCPMC6089347
OpenAlexW2788981063

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