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ReviewTrends in molecular medicine2020

TLR2 as a Therapeutic Target in Bacterial Infection.

Morgan E Simpson, William A Petri

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Review in Trends in molecular medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
41citing 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

41 citing papers in PubMed, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Autoimmune Diseases and Mycobacterial Infection.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  8. Multifaceted Role of Microbiota-Derived Indole-3-Acetic Acid in Human Diseases and Its Potential Clinical Application.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2025
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  11. iScience · 2025
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  18. Virulence · 2024
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  19. TLR2 regulatesVirulence · 2024
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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Morgan E SimpsonDepartment of Pathology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
William A PetriDepartment of Pathology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA; Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA; Department of Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA. Electronic address: wap3g@virginia.edu.
University of Virginia · US

Funding

INTERDISCIPLINARY TRAINING PROGRAM IN IMMUNOLOGYT32AI007496 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE · PI Michael G. Brown, Coleen A McNamara · 1995 to 2026
$10.2M
Role of Type 2 Immunity in Innate Protection from C. difficileR01AI124214 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI William A Petri · 2016 to 2026
$5.4M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI124214NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007496
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Toll-like receptor (TLR) 2 recognizes and responds to threats early in bacterial infections and can influence the downstream immune response to the host's benefit or detriment. Therapeutic modulation of TLR2 signaling represents an underutilized opportunity to moderate the immune response to infection to promote an improved outcome for the host.

Indexed as

AnimalsBacterial InfectionsHumansImmunitySignal TransductionToll-Like Receptor 2Toll-Like Receptor 2bacterial infectionimmunotherapyinnate immunityTLR2

Identifiers

PMID32563557
PMCPMC7845793
OpenAlexW3036346458

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