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ReviewBiological trace element research2019

Role of Selenoproteins in Bacterial Pathogenesis.

Sarah E Sumner, Rachel L Markley, Girish S Kirimanjeswara

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Review in Biological trace element research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
21citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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

21 citing papers in PubMed, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 1 institution in 1 country.

Sarah E SumnerPathobiology Graduate Program, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA.
Rachel L MarkleyDepartment of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA.
Girish S KirimanjeswaraDepartment of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA. gsk125@psu.edu.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9216-1105
Pennsylvania State University · US

Funding

Research Training in Physiological Adaptations to StressT32GM108563 · NIGMS · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE · PI CANTORNA, MARGHERITA T, KORZICK, DONNA HOPE · 2014 to 2023
$2.2M
Regulation of B cells by SeleniumR01AI123521 · NIAID · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE · PI KIRIMANJESWARA, GIRISH S · 2016 to 2020
$2.0M
Mechanism of Antibody-mediated Immunity against F. tularensisR00AI077917 · NIAID · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE · PI KIRIMANJESWARA, GIRISH S · 2011 to 2012
$490k
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases AI123521NIAID NIH HHS R00 AI077917NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI123521NIGMS NIH HHS 108563NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM108563
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The trace element selenium is an essential micronutrient that plays an important role in maintaining homeostasis of several tissues including the immune system of mammals. The vast majority of the biological functions of selenium are mediated via selenoproteins, proteins which incorporate the selenium-containing amino acid selenocysteine. Several bacterial infections of humans and animals are associated with decreased levels of selenium in the blood and an adjunct therapy with selenium often leads to favorable outcomes. Many pathogenic bacteria are also capable of synthesizing selenocysteine suggesting that selenoproteins may have a role in bacterial physiology. Interestingly, the composition of host microbiota is also regulated by dietary selenium levels. Therefore, bacterial pathogens, microbiome, and host immune cells may be competing for a limited supply of selenium. Elucidating how selenium, in particular selenoproteins, may regulate pathogen virulence, microbiome diversity, and host immune response during a bacterial infection is critical for clinical management of infectious diseases.

Indexed as

BacteriaMicrobiotaAnimalsBacterial InfectionsBacterial ProteinsHumansSelenoproteinsBacterial ProteinsSelenoproteinsBacteriaImmune ResponseMicrobiotaPathogenSeleniumSelenoproteins

Identifiers

PMID31489516
PMCPMC6801102
OpenAlexW2971737261

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