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ReviewMicrobiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR2018

Transcriptomic Studies of Malaria: a Paradigm for Investigation of Systemic Host-Pathogen Interactions.

Hyun Jae Lee, Athina Georgiadou, Thomas D Otto, Michael Levin, Lachlan J Coin, David J Conway, Aubrey J Cunnington

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Review in Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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28citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
9.0field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

28 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 65 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Hyun Jae Lee *Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
Athina Georgiadou *Section of Paediatrics, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom.
Thomas D OttoCentre of Immunobiology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Michael LevinSection of Paediatrics, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom.
Lachlan J CoinInstitute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
David J ConwayDepartment of Pathogen Molecular Biology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
Aubrey J CunningtonSection of Paediatrics, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom a.cunnington@imperial.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-1305-3529
Imperial College London · GBThe University of Queensland · AUUniversity of Glasgow · GBUniversity of London · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/L006529/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transcriptomics, the analysis of genome-wide RNA expression, is a common approach to investigate host and pathogen processes in infectious diseases. Technical and bioinformatic advances have permitted increasingly thorough analyses of the association of RNA expression with fundamental biology, immunity, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and prognosis. Transcriptomic approaches can now be used to realize a previously unattainable goal, the simultaneous study of RNA expression in host and pathogen, in order to better understand their interactions. This exciting prospect is not without challenges, especially as focus moves from interactions

Indexed as

AnimalsDisease Models, AnimalGene Expression ProfilingHost-Parasite InteractionsHumansMalariaPlasmodiumSequence Analysis, RNAapicomplexan parasiteshost-parasite relationshiphost-pathogen interactionsimmune responsemalariapathogenesisRNA sequencingtranscriptomics

Identifiers

PMID29695497
PMCPMC5968457
OpenAlexW2799986283

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