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ArticlemBio2019

Identification of Pathogen Genomic Differences That Impact Human Immune Response and Disease during Cryptococcus neoformans Infection.

Aleeza C Gerstein, Katrina M Jackson, Tami R McDonald, Yina Wang, Benjamin D Lueck, Sara Bohjanen, Kyle D Smith, Andrew Akampurira, David B Meya, Chaoyang Xue and 2 more

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Article in mBio, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
48citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

48 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 67 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

12 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Aleeza C GersteinDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Katrina M JacksonDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Tami R McDonaldDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Yina WangPublic Health Research Institute, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
Benjamin D LueckDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Sara BohjanenDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Kyle D SmithDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Andrew AkampuriraInfectious Diseases Institute and School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
David B MeyaInfectious Diseases Institute and School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
Chaoyang XuePublic Health Research Institute, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
David R BoulwareDepartment of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Kirsten NielsenDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA knielsen@umn.edu.
University of Minnesota · USInfectious Diseases Institute · UGRutgers, The State University of New Jersey · US

Funding

Trial for the Optimal Timing of HIV Therapy after Cryptococcal MeningitisU01AI089244 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI BOULWARE, DAVID R · 2010 to 2014
$7.6M
Mechanisms of vaccine protection against AIDS-associated Cryptococcus infectionR01AI141368 · NIAID · RUTGERS BIOMEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Amariliz Rivera, Chaoyang Xue · 2019 to 2026
$5.4M
The role of inositol in Cryptococcus biology and pathogenesisR01AI123315 · NIAID · RUTGERS BIOMEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Chaoyang Xue · 2017 to 2026
$5.0M
Impact of Cryptococcus Titan Cells on Pathogenesis.R01AI134636 · NIAID · VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV · PI Kirsten Nielsen · 2018 to 2026
$4.6M
Genomic Research Capacity Building for Cryptococcosis Translational StudiesR21NS108715 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI BAZIRA, JOEL, NIELSEN, KIRSTEN · 2018 to 2019
$352k
Medical Research Council MR/M007413/1NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI123315NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI134636NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI141368NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI089244NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS108715
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Patient outcomes during infection are due to a complex interplay between the quality of medical care, host immunity factors, and the infecting pathogen's characteristics. To probe the influence of pathogen genotype on human survival, immune response, and other parameters of disease, we examined

Indexed as

Genome, BacterialAnimalsCryptococcosisCryptococcus neoformansDisease Models, AnimalGenomicsGenotypeHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansMiceMicrobial ViabilityPhenotypePhylogenyPolymorphism, Single NucleotideVirulenceVirulence FactorsVirulence FactorsCNScryptococcosisfungusgenome analysisGWASHIVmeningitispathogenesispolymorphismSNPvariantvirulence

Identifiers

PMID31311883
PMCPMC6635531
OpenAlexW2960616395

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