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ReviewMedical microbiology and immunology2020

Immunogenicity of trimeric autotransporter adhesins and their potential as vaccine targets.

Arno Thibau, Alexander A Dichter, Diana J Vaca, Dirk Linke, Adrian Goldman, Volkhard A J Kempf

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Review in Medical microbiology and immunology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 20% 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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 26 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

6 authors at 3 institutions in 4 countries.

Arno ThibauInstitute for Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital, Goethe-University, Paul-Ehrlich-Str. 40, 60596, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Alexander A DichterInstitute for Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital, Goethe-University, Paul-Ehrlich-Str. 40, 60596, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Diana J VacaInstitute for Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital, Goethe-University, Paul-Ehrlich-Str. 40, 60596, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Dirk LinkeSection for Genetics and Evolutionary Biology, Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Adrian GoldmanAstbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
Volkhard A J KempfInstitute for Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, University Hospital, Goethe-University, Paul-Ehrlich-Str. 40, 60596, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. volkhard.kempf@kgu.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3321-7551
Goethe University Frankfurt · DEUniversity of Leeds · GBUniversity of Oslo · NO

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft FOR 2251federal state of Hesse, Germany LOEWE Zentrum DRUID project C2H2020 European Research Council 765042Robert Koch Institute Berlin, Germany 1369-354
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The current problem of increasing antibiotic resistance and the resurgence of numerous infections indicate the need for novel vaccination strategies more than ever. In vaccine development, the search for and the selection of adequate vaccine antigens is the first important step. In recent years, bacterial outer membrane proteins have become of major interest, as they are the main proteins interacting with the extracellular environment. Trimeric autotransporter adhesins (TAAs) are important virulence factors in many Gram-negative bacteria, are localised on the bacterial surface, and mediate the first adherence to host cells in the course of infection. One example is the Neisseria adhesin A (NadA), which is currently used as a subunit in a licensed vaccine against Neisseria meningitidis. Other TAAs that seem promising vaccine candidates are the Acinetobacter trimeric autotransporter (Ata), the Haemophilus influenzae adhesin (Hia), and TAAs of the genus Bartonella. Here, we review the suitability of various TAAs as vaccine candidates.

Indexed as

Immunogenicity, VaccineAdhesins, BacterialAnimalsBacterial VaccinesHumansType V Secretion SystemsVirulence FactorsAdhesins, BacterialBacterial VaccinesType V Secretion SystemsVirulence FactorsImmunogenicityPathogenicityTrimeric autotransporter adhesinsVaccinationVirulence

Identifiers

PMID31788746
PMCPMC7247748
OpenAlexW2991137158

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