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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2019

Bacterial lipolysis of immune-activating ligands promotes evasion of innate defenses.

Xi Chen, Francis Alonzo

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers.

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55citing papers in PubMed
8.1field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

55 citing papers in PubMed, 97 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xi ChenDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL 60153.
Francis AlonzoDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL 60153 falonzo@luc.edu.
Loyola University Chicago · US

Funding

Staphylococcus aureus Survival During Nutrient Restriction and Suppression of Host Immunity.R01AI120994 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI Francis Alonzo · 2016 to 2026
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NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI120994
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Commensal and pathogenic bacteria hydrolyze host lipid substrates with secreted lipases and phospholipases for nutrient acquisition, colonization, and infection. Bacterial lipase activity on mammalian lipids and phospholipids can promote release of free fatty acids from lipid stores, detoxify antimicrobial lipids, and facilitate membrane dissolution. The gram-positive bacterium

Indexed as

AnimalsCarboxylic Ester HydrolasesHost-Pathogen InteractionsImmunity, InnateLigandsLipaseLipolysisLipoproteinsMutationSkinStaphylococcal InfectionsStaphylococcus aureusCarboxylic Ester HydrolasesLigandsLipaseLipoproteinsimmune cell activationlipaselipoproteinMRSAToll-like receptor 2

Identifiers

PMID30755523
PMCPMC6397559
OpenAlexW2913035670

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