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ArticleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2020

A Histone Methyltransferase Inhibitor Can Reverse Epigenetically Acquired Drug Resistance in the Malaria Parasite Plasmodium falciparum.

Amanda Chan, Alexis Dziedziech, Laura A Kirkman, Kirk W Deitsch, Johan Ankarklev

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Article in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 14% 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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 18 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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Amanda ChanDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA.
Alexis DziedziechDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA.
Laura A KirkmanDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA.
Kirk W DeitschDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA kwd2001@med.cornell.edu johan.ankarklev@su.se.
Johan AnkarklevDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA kwd2001@med.cornell.edu johan.ankarklev@su.se.
Cornell University · USStockholm University · SE

Funding

Var gene regulation and antigenic variation in malariaR01AI052390 · NIAID · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI DEITSCH, KIRK W · 2002 to 2019
$6.6M
Mechanisms of environmental sensing and responses by malaria parasitesR01AI138499 · NIAID · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI DEITSCH, KIRK W · 2018 to 2022
$3.7M
DNA repair and recombination within the var gene family of P. falciparumR01AI099327 · NIAID · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI DEITSCH, KIRK W · 2012 to 2016
$2.2M
Genetic diversity in virulence genes of Plasmodium falciparumK08AI076635 · NIAID · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI KIRKMAN, LAURA · 2008 to 2012
$655k
NIAID NIH HHS K08 AI076635NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI052390NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI099327NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI138499
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Malaria parasites invade and replicate within red blood cells (RBCs), extensively modifying their structure and gaining access to the extracellular environment by placing the plasmodial surface anion channel (PSAC) into the RBC membrane. Expression of members of the cytoadherence linked antigen gene 3 (

Indexed as

Malaria, FalciparumParasitesPharmaceutical PreparationsAnimalsDrug ResistanceErythrocytesHistone MethyltransferasesHistonesPlasmodium falciparumProtozoan ProteinsHistone MethyltransferasesHistonesPharmaceutical PreparationsProtozoan Proteinsclagdrug resistanceepigeneticsPlasmodium falciparumPSAC

Identifiers

PMID32179524
PMCPMC7269470
OpenAlexW3010905237

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