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ReviewFrontiers in microbiology2018

Structure-Function Relationships of the Neisserial EptA Enzyme Responsible for Phosphoethanolamine Decoration of Lipid A: Rationale for Drug Targeting.

Charlene M Kahler, K L Nawrocki, A Anandan, Alice Vrielink, William M Shafer

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In one paragraph

Review in Frontiers in microbiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% 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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. The Host-Pathogen Interactions and Epicellular Lifestyle ofFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2022
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  7. Anti-Virulence Therapeutic Approaches forAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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  8. Predominant phosphorylation patterns inJournal of lipid research · 2020
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  12. The MtrCDE Efflux Pump Contributes to Survival ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2018
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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

5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Charlene M KahlerThe Marshall Center for Infectious Diseases Research and Training, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia.
K L NawrockiDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, The Emory Antibiotic Resistance Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States.
A AnandanSchool of Molecular Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia.
Alice VrielinkThe Marshall Center for Infectious Diseases Research and Training, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia.
William M ShaferDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, The Emory Antibiotic Resistance Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States.
University of Western Australia · AUAtlanta VA Medical Center · USEmory University · USThe Kids Research Institute Australia · AU

Funding

The Atlantic Coast Sexually Transmitted Infection Cooperative Research Center (ACU19AI113170 · NIAID · HENRY M. JACKSON FDN FOR THE ADV MIL/MED · PI JERSE, ANN E. · 2014 to 2018
$6.9M
Gonococci: Genetics of Resistance to PMN ProteinsR37AI021150 · NIAID · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI SHAFER, WILLIAM MAURICE · 2010 to 2019
$3.9M
Gonococcal Mechanisms to Evade Host DefensesI01BX000112 · VA · VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION · PI SHAFER, WILLIAM MAURICE · 2009 to 2017
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BLRD VA I01 BX000112NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI021150NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI113170
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacteria cause disease by two general mechanisms: the action of their toxins on host cells and induction of a pro-inflammatory response that can lead to a deleterious cytokine/chemokine response (e.g., the so-called cytokine storm) often seen in bacteremia/septicemia. These major mechanisms may overlap due to the action of surface structures that can have direct and indirect actions on phagocytic or non-phagocytic cells. In this respect, the lipid A (endotoxin) component of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) possessed by Gram-negative bacteria has been the subject of literally thousands of studies over the past century that clearly identified it as a key virulence factor in endotoxic shock. In addition to its capacity to modulate inflammatory responses, endotoxin can also modulate bacterial susceptibility to host antimicrobials, such as the host defense peptides termed cationic antimicrobial peptides. This review concentrates on the phosphoethanolamine (PEA) decoration of lipid A in the pathogenic species of the genus

Indexed as

anti-virulencelipopolysaccharidemultidrug resistanceN. gonorrhoeaeN. meningitidisphosphoethanolamine transferase

Identifiers

PMID30186254
PMCPMC6111236
OpenAlexW2888473858

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