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ReviewCellular microbiology2019

Borrelia burgdorferi protein interactions critical for microbial persistence in mammals.

Quentin Bernard, Meghna Thakur, Alexis A Smith, Chrysoula Kitsou, Xiuli Yang, Utpal Pal

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Review in Cellular microbiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 25% 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

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

  1. Incidence of Lyme Borreliosis in Europe: A Systematic Review (2005-2020).Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.) · 2023
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  10. Inhibition of Dopamine Activity and Response ofJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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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

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Quentin BernardDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.
Meghna ThakurDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.
Alexis A SmithDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.
Chrysoula KitsouDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.
Xiuli YangDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.
Utpal PalDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.ORCID 0000-0002-7504-4628
University of Maryland, College Park · US

Funding

BORRELIA GENE PRODUCTS CRITICAL FOR NATURAL INFECTION CYCLER01AI080615 · NIAID · UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK · PI PAL, UTPAL · 2009 to 2024
$5.2M
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
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI080615NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI116620NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI080615
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Borrelia burgdorferi is the causative agent of Lyme disease that persists in a complex enzootic life cycle, involving Ixodes ticks and vertebrate hosts. The microbe invades ticks and vertebrate hosts in spite of active immune surveillance and potent microbicidal responses, and establishes long-term infection utilising mechanisms that are yet to be unravelled. The pathogen can cause multi-system disorders when transmitted to susceptible mammalian hosts, including in humans. In the past decades, several studies identified a limited number of B. burgdorferi gene-products critical for pathogen persistence, transmission between the vectors and the host, and host-pathogen interactions. This review will focus on the interactions between B. burgdorferi proteins, as well as between microbial proteins and host components, protein and non-protein components, highlighting their roles in pathogen persistence in the mammalian host. A better understanding of the contributions of protein interactions in the microbial virulence and persistence of B. burgdorferi would support development of novel therapeutics against the infection.

Indexed as

AnimalsBacterial ProteinsBorrelia burgdorferiHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansIxodesLyme DiseaseProtein BindingProtein Interaction MapsVirulenceVirulence FactorsBacterial ProteinsVirulence FactorsBorrelia burgdorferihost persistenceLyme diseasemicrobial infectivityprotein interactions

Identifiers

PMID29934966
PMCPMC10082445
OpenAlexW2810514155

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