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ArticleNature communications2018

Targeting the Mycobacterium ulcerans cytochrome bc

Nicole Scherr, Raphael Bieri, Sangeeta S Thomas, Aurélie Chauffour, Nitin Pal Kalia, Paul Schneide, Marie-Thérèse Ruf, Araceli Lamelas, Malathy S S Manimekalai, Gerhard Grüber and 9 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
45citing papers in PubMed
7.6field-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

45 citing papers in PubMed, 85 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. Unlocking Opportunities forACS infectious diseases · 2024
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  15. TargetingRSC medicinal chemistry · 2023
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  16. The Many Hosts of Mycobacteria 9 (MHM9): A conference report.Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland) · 2023
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  20. Sensitivity of Mycobacterium leprae to Telacebec.Emerging infectious diseases · 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

19 authors at 7 institutions in 7 countries.

Nicole ScherrSwiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, 4051, Switzerland.
Raphael BieriSwiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, 4051, Switzerland.
Sangeeta S ThomasLee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Experimental Medicine Building, Singapore, 636921, Singapore.
Aurélie ChauffourCR7, INSERM, U1135, Centre d'Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses, CIMI, Team E13 (Bactériologie), Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06, Paris, 75005, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8846-5069
Nitin Pal KaliaLee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Experimental Medicine Building, Singapore, 636921, Singapore.
Paul SchneideBASF SE, Ludwigshafen, 67063, Germany.
Marie-Thérèse RufSwiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, 4051, Switzerland.
Araceli LamelasSwiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, 4051, Switzerland.
Malathy S S ManimekalaiSchool of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637551, Singapore.
Gerhard GrüberSchool of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637551, Singapore.
Norihisa IshiiDepartment of Mycobacteriology, Leprosy Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, 189-0002, Japan.
Koichi SuzukiDepartment of Mycobacteriology, Leprosy Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, 189-0002, Japan.
Marcel TannerSwiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, 4051, Switzerland.
Garrett C MoraskiDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, 59715, USA.
Marvin J MillerDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, USA.
Matthias WitschelBASF SE, Ludwigshafen, 67063, Germany.
Vincent JarlierCR7, INSERM, U1135, Centre d'Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses, CIMI, Team E13 (Bactériologie), Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06, Paris, 75005, France.
Gerd PluschkeSwiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, 4051, Switzerland. gerd.pluschke@swisstph.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1957-2925
Kevin PetheLee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Experimental Medicine Building, Singapore, 636921, Singapore. kevin.pethe@ntu.edu.sg.
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute · CHNanyang Technological University · SGBASF (Germany) · DEInserm · FRNational Institute of Infectious Diseases · JPMontana State University · USUniversity of Notre Dame · US

Funding

Design, Syntheses and Studies of Novel Antituberculosis AgentsR37AI054193 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME · PI MILLER, MARVIN J · 2016 to 2025
$5.2M
Design/Syntheses/Studies/Novel Antituberculosis AgentsR01AI054193 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME · PI MILLER, MARVIN J · 2004 to 2014
$3.2M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI054193NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI054193NIH HHS R01 AI054193NIH HHS R37 AI054193
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mycobacterium ulcerans is the causative agent of Buruli ulcer, a neglected tropical skin disease that is most commonly found in children from West and Central Africa. Despite the severity of the infection, therapeutic options are limited to antibiotics with severe side effects. Here, we show that M. ulcerans is susceptible to the anti-tubercular drug Q203 and related compounds targeting the respiratory cytochrome bc

Indexed as

AfricaAnimalsAntibiotics, AntitubercularAustraliaBuruli UlcerDisease Models, AnimalElectron Transport Complex IIIElectron Transport Complex IVFemaleHumansImidazolesInhibitory Concentration 50MiceMice, Inbred BALB CMycobacterium ulceransNeglected DiseasesAntibiotics, AntitubercularElectron Transport Complex IIIElectron Transport Complex IVImidazolesPiperidinesPyridinesRifampintelacebec

Identifiers

PMID30560872
PMCPMC6299076
OpenAlexW2905044296

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