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Host Invasion by Pathogenic Amoebae: Epithelial Disruption by Parasite Proteins.

Abigail Betanzos, Cecilia Bañuelos, Esther Orozco

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In one paragraph

Review in Genes, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
31citing papers in PubMed
6.3field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

31 citing papers in PubMed, 60 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Characterization ofFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025
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  8. Scientifica · 2025
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  9. Acanthamoeba keratitis: from pathophysiology to prevention, a contemporary clinical perspective.Medical hypothesis, discovery & innovation ophthalmology journal · 2025
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  11. Epidemiology of and Genetic Factors Associated withPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  12. Amoebae: beyond pathogens- exploring their benefits and future potential.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2024
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  17. Molecular Characterization of the Interplay betweenInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  19. Molecular interplays of theFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Abigail BetanzosConsejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT), Mexico City 03940, Mexico.
Cecilia BañuelosCoordinación General de Programas de Posgrado Multidisciplinarios, Programa de Doctorado Transdisciplinario en Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico para la Sociedad, CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico City 07360, Mexico.
Esther OrozcoDepartamento de Infectómica y Patogénesis Molecular, CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico City 07360, Mexico. esther@cinvestav.mx.
Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional · MXSecretaría de Ciencia, Humanidades, Tecnología e Innovación · MX

Funding

MESSENCHYMAL TRANSFORMATION IN TUMORS &NORMAL TISSUESF32CA008380 · NCI · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI ZUK, ANNA · 1987 to 1989
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The epithelium represents the first and most extensive line of defence against pathogens, toxins and pollutant agents in humans. In general, pathogens have developed strategies to overcome this barrier and use it as an entrance to the organism.

Indexed as

Host-Parasite InteractionsAcanthamoebaAnimalsEntamoeba histolyticaEpithelial CellsHumansNaegleria fowleriProtozoan InfectionsAcantamoeba sppadherens junctionsdesmosomesEntamoeba histolyticaepitheliaNaegleria fowleritight junctions

Identifiers

PMID31416298
PMCPMC6723116
OpenAlexW2968055765

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Registered trials

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