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ArticlemBio2018

Epigenetic Regulation Alters Biofilm Architecture and Composition in Multiple Clinical Isolates of Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae.

Kenneth L Brockman, Patrick N Azzari, M Taylor Branstool, John M Atack, Benjamin L Schulz, Freda E-C Jen, Michael P Jennings, Lauren O Bakaletz

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Article in mBio, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
22citing papers in PubMed
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Exploiting haem-iron dependence of nontypeableFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025
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  10. Antimicrobial resistance and mechanisms of epigenetic regulation.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2023
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  11. Gene Expression Regulation in Airway Pathogens: Importance for Otitis Media.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2022
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  15. The Role of Non-TypeableFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2021
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  17. Learning from -omics strategies applied to uncoverComputational and structural biotechnology journal · 2021
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  19. Panel 7 - Pathogenesis of otitis media - a review of the literature between 2015 and 2019.International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology · 2020
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  20. A Bacterial Epigenetic Switch in Non-typeableFrontiers 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

8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Kenneth L BrockmanCenter for Microbial Pathogenesis, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital and The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, USA kenneth.brockman@nationwidechildrens.org.
Patrick N AzzariCenter for Microbial Pathogenesis, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital and The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
M Taylor BranstoolCenter for Microbial Pathogenesis, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital and The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
John M AtackInstitute for Glycomics, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
Benjamin L SchulzAustralian Infectious Disease Research Centre, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia.
Freda E-C JenInstitute for Glycomics, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
Michael P JenningsInstitute for Glycomics, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
Lauren O BakaletzCenter for Microbial Pathogenesis, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital and The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Griffith University · AUNationwide Children's Hospital · USThe Ohio State University · USUniversity of Queensland · AU

Funding

DETERMINANTS OF H. INFLUENZAE VIRULENCE IN OTITIS MEDIAR01DC003915 · NIDCD · RESEARCH INST NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSP · PI GOODMAN, STEVEN D · 1999 to 2025
$12.5M
Otitis media: role of epigenetic regulation on NTHI pathogenesis and optimal vaccine designR01DC015688 · NIDCD · RESEARCH INST NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSP · PI BAKALETZ, LAUREN O, JENNINGS, MICHAEL PAUL · 2016 to 2020
$2.2M
NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC003915NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC015688
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biofilms play a critical role in the colonization, persistence, and pathogenesis of many human pathogens. Multiple mucosa-associated pathogens have evolved a mechanism of rapid adaptation, termed the phasevarion, which facilitates a coordinated regulation of numerous genes throughout the bacterial genome. This epigenetic regulation occurs via phase variation of a DNA methyltransferase, Mod. The phasevarion of nontypeable

Indexed as

Epigenesis, GeneticGene Expression Regulation, BacterialAlkaliesBiofilmsHaemophilus InfectionsHaemophilus influenzaeHumansHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationOtitis MediaPhenotypeRegulonAlkaliesDNABIIeDNAHUNTHIotitis mediaphasevarion

Identifiers

PMID30228240
PMCPMC6143736
OpenAlexW2891474281

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Registered trials

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