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ArticleScientific reports2019

Mycobacterium tuberculosis virulence inhibitors discovered by Mycobacterium marinum high-throughput screening.

Hasan Tükenmez, Isabel Edström, Ramesh Ummanni, Stina Berglund Fick, Charlotta Sundin, Mikael Elofsson, Christer Larsson

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Article in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 18% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Hasan TükenmezInfectious Diseases Clinic, Umeå University Hospital, 901 85, Umeå, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2259-6883
Isabel EdströmDepartment of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, 901 87, Umeå, Sweden.
Ramesh UmmanniDepartment of Applied Biology, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT), Tarnaka, Hyderabad, 500007, Telangana, India.
Stina Berglund FickDepartment of Chemistry, Umeå University, 901 87, Umeå, Sweden.
Charlotta SundinDepartment of Applied Biology, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT), Tarnaka, Hyderabad, 500007, Telangana, India.
Mikael ElofssonDepartment of Applied Biology, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT), Tarnaka, Hyderabad, 500007, Telangana, India.
Christer LarssonInfectious Diseases Clinic, Umeå University Hospital, 901 85, Umeå, Sweden. christer.larsson@umu.se.
Umeå University · SEIndian Institute of Chemical Technology · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

High-throughput screening facilities do not generally support biosafety level 3 organisms such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis. To discover not only antibacterials, but also virulence inhibitors with either bacterial or host cell targets, an assay monitoring lung fibroblast survival upon infection was developed and optimized for 384-plate format and robotic liquid handling. By using Mycobacterium marinum as surrogate organism, 28,000 compounds were screened at biosafety level 2 classification, resulting in 49 primary hits. Exclusion of substances with unfavourable properties and known antimicrobials resulted in 11 validated hits of which 7 had virulence inhibiting properties and one had bactericidal effect also in wild type Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This strategy to discover virulence inhibitors using a model organism in high-throughput screening can be a valuable tool for other researchers working on drug discovery against tuberculosis and other biosafety level 3 infectious agents.

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Anti-Bacterial AgentsCell SurvivalFibroblastsHigh-Throughput Screening AssaysMycobacterium marinumVirulenceVirulence FactorsAnti-Bacterial AgentsVirulence Factors

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PMID30631100
PMCPMC6328581
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