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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2018

Plasticity in early immune evasion strategies of a bacterial pathogen.

Quentin Bernard, Alexis A Smith, Xiuli Yang, Juraj Koci, Shelby D Foor, Sarah D Cramer, Xuran Zhuang, Jennifer E Dwyer, Yi-Pin Lin, Emmanuel F Mongodin and 4 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
22citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  15. Lyme Disease Pathogenesis.Current issues in molecular biology · 2021
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  18. Interactions between Borrelia burgdorferi and ticks.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2020
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  19. Sharing the Ride:Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2020
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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

14 authors at 7 institutions in 2 countries.

Quentin BernardDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742.
Alexis A SmithDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742.
Xiuli YangDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742.
Juraj KociDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742.
Shelby D FoorDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742.
Sarah D CramerCytokines and Immunity Section, Cancer and Inflammation Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, MD 21702.
Xuran ZhuangDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742.
Jennifer E DwyerLaboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.
Yi-Pin LinDepartment of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111.
Emmanuel F MongodinInstitute for Genome Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201.
Adriana MarquesLaboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD 20892.ORCID 0000-0002-5403-4551
John M LeongDepartment of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111.
Juan AnguitaMacrophage and Tick Vaccine Laboratory, Center for Cooperative Research in Biosciences, 48160 Derio, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-2061-7182
Utpal PalDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742; upal@umd.edu.
University of Maryland, College Park · USNational Institutes of Health · USTufts University · USIkerbasque · ESNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · USUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore · USVirginia–Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine · US

Funding

Assessment Of Patients With Borrelia InfectionZIAAI000695 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI MARQUES, ADRIANA R · 2009 to 2025
$8.8M
BORRELIA GENE PRODUCTS CRITICAL FOR NATURAL INFECTION CYCLER01AI080615 · NIAID · UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK · PI PAL, UTPAL · 2009 to 2024
$5.2M
PROTEOGLYCAN BINDING BY A B BURGDORFERI HEMAGGLUTININR01AI037601 · NIAID · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI LEONG, JOHN M · 1995 to 2010
$3.6M
BBA57-Mediated Borrelial Persistence, Genesis of Inflammation and ImmunityR01AI116620 · NIAID · UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK · PI PAL, UTPAL · 2015 to 2019
$1.9M
Borella Gene Products Critical For Natural Infection CycleR56AI080615 · NIAID · UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK · PI PAL, UTPAL · 2013 to 2013
$357k
A Novel Tick Protein Influences Persistence of Lyme Disease PathogensR03AI128232 · NIAID · UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK · PI YANG, XIULI · 2017 to 2018
$152k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI037601NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI080615NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI116620NIAID NIH HHS R03 AI128232NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI080615
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Immune EvasionAnimalsAntigens, BacterialAntimicrobial Cationic PeptidesArachnid VectorsBacterial ProteinsBorrelia burgdorferiCells, CulturedComplement System ProteinsCytokinesFemaleGene Expression Regulation, BacterialHumansIxodesLipoproteinsLyme DiseaseAntigens, BacterialAntimicrobial Cationic PeptidesBacterial ProteinsComplement System ProteinsCytokinesLipoproteinsMembrane Proteinsantimicrobial peptideBorrelia burgdorferiimmune evasionLyme diseasemicrobial persistence

Identifiers

PMID29610317
PMCPMC5910839
OpenAlexW2795423223

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