Evidence map›Paper›PMID 32817459›Full record

ArticlemSphere2020

Identification of Positive Chemotaxis in the Protozoan Pathogen Trypanosoma brucei.

Stephanie F DeMarco, Edwin A Saada, Miguel A Lopez, Kent L Hill

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Article in mSphere, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

14 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Chemotactic behaviour ofParasitology · 2025
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  4. Quantification ofJournal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2024
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  5. Cell-cell communication in African trypanosomes.Microbiology (Reading, England) · 2023
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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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Stephanie F DeMarcoMolecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8010-8027
Edwin A SaadaDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Miguel A LopezDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Kent L HillMolecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA kenthill@microbio.ucla.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-6529-1273
University of California, Los Angeles · USCalifornia NanoSystems Institute · US

Funding

UCLA NIGMS T32 Program AssessmentT32GM007185 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI TORRES, JORGE · 1985 to 2020
$21.7M
MULTIDISCIPLINARY TRAINING IN MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIST32AI007323 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI Peter John Bradley · 1988 to 2026
$8.6M
Biochemical and Functional Analysis of TrypaninR01AI052348 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI HILL, KENT L · 2002 to 2023
$7.4M
PREDOCTORAL TRAINING PROGRAM IN GENETIC MECHANISMS AT UCT32GM007104 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI GOBER, JAMES W · 1985 to 2011
$3.6M
Social Motility and inter-kingdom interactions in African trypanosomesR21AI133166 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI HILL, KENT L · 2018 to 2019
$410k
Biochemical and Functional Analysis of TrypaninR56AI052348 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI HILL, KENT L · 2007 to 2007
$374k
Social Motility and cAMP signaling in chemotaxis and parasite-vector interactions of African trypanosomesR21AI142544 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI HILL, KENT L · 2019 to 2020
$187k
Identification of factors contributing to group behavior in African TrypanosomesF31AI085961 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI LOPEZ, MIGUEL AUGUSTO · 2011 to 2012
$67k
NIAID NIH HHS F31 AI085961NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI052348NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI133166NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI142544NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI052348NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007323NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007104NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007185
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To complete its infectious cycle, the protozoan parasite

Indexed as

ChemotaxisMicrobial InteractionsEscherichia coliTime-Lapse ImagingTrypanosoma brucei bruceicell-cell interactionchemoattractantschemotaxisparasitologyTrypanosoma

Identifiers

PMID32817459
PMCPMC7426175
OpenAlexW3048423545

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Registered trials

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