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ArticlemBio2020

The Small Protein RmpD Drives Hypermucoviscosity in Klebsiella pneumoniae.

Kimberly A Walker, Logan P Treat, Victoria E Sepúlveda, Virginia L Miller

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Article in mBio, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 98 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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98citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

98 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Association of Klebsiella pneumoniae sequence type 11 but not other virulence factors with patient mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2026
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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.

Kimberly A WalkerDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA kawalker@med.unc.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-6360-2792
Logan P TreatDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
Victoria E SepúlvedaDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2085-9667
Virginia L MillerDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9522-1767

Funding

Regulators of Klebsiella VirulenceR21AI132925 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI MILLER, VIRGINIA L · 2018 to 2019
$428k
NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI132925
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

MucusAnimalsBacterial ProteinsGene Expression Regulation, BacterialHumansKlebsiella InfectionsKlebsiella pneumoniaeMiceMice, Inbred C57BLPhenotypeTranscription, GeneticVirulence FactorsViscosityBacterial ProteinsVirulence FactorscapsuleHMVhypermucoviscoushypervirulentRmpARmpC

Identifiers

PMID32963003
PMCPMC7512549

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