Evidence map›Paper›PMID 32014717›Full record

ReviewCurrent opinion in microbiology2020

Cell morphology as a virulence determinant: lessons from Helicobacter pylori.

Nina R Salama

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Review in Current opinion in microbiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Managing dangerous liaisons: lessons fromJournal of bacteriology · 2026
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  6. A review for non-antibiotic treatment ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2024
    Review
  7. A Mini-review onEndocrine, metabolic & immune disorders drug targets · 2024
    Review
  8. Article
  9. Roles of Lipopolysaccharide Glycosyltransferases in Maintenance ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2023
    Article
  10. Review
  11. Article
  12. Article
  13. Helicobacter pylori: an up-to-date overview on the virulence and pathogenesis mechanisms.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2022
    Review
  14. Observational
  15. Insights Into the Helical Shape Complex ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2022
    Article
  16. Review
  17. MicroRNA Modulation of Host Immune Response and Inflammation Triggered byInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2021
    Review
  18. Review
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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nina R SalamaHuman Biology Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Ave. N, Seattle, WA 98109, United States. Electronic address: nsalama@fredhutch.org.
Fred Hutch Cancer Center · US

Funding

Mechanisms and consequence of helical shape generation in Helicobacter pyloriR01AI136946 · NIAID · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI Nina Salama · 2018 to 2026
$4.1M
Metabolic carbohydrate cell wall probes for bacterial structure and immune recognition studiesU01CA221230 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE · PI GRIMES, CATHERINE LEIMKUHLER · 2017 to 2019
$1.1M
NCI NIH HHS U01 CA221230NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI136946
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A genetic screen for colonization factors of the human stomach pathogen Helicobacter pylori took a surprising turn with the discovery that some colonization mutants had lost helical cell morphology. Further pursuit of direct morphology screens revealed a large H. pylori 'shapesome' complex consisting of peptidoglycan modification and precursor synthesis enzymes, a cytoskeletal element and putative scaffold or regulatory proteins that promote enhanced asymmetric cell wall growth. Functional characterization of H. pylori shape mutants indicates multiple roles for cell shape during colonization of mucosal surfaces. Conservation of both the molecular constituents of the H. pylori cell shape program and a newly appreciated enrichment of this morphotype at mucosal surface suggests that helical organisms may be particularly well poised to exploit host perturbations to become pathogens.

Indexed as

AnimalsGastric MucosaHelicobacter InfectionsHelicobacter pyloriHumansMovementMutationStomachVirulence

Identifiers

PMID32014717
PMCPMC7247928
OpenAlexW3004409561

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.