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ReviewTrends in microbiology2021

Inherently and Conditionally Essential Protein Catabolism Genes of Porphyromonas gingivalis.

Daniel P Miller, David A Scott

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Review in Trends in microbiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
20citing papers in PubMed
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 13% 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

20 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. ProbioticNutrients · 2022
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  6. Nutrients · 2025
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  14. Tobacco smoke exacerbates Filifactor alocis pathogenicity.Journal of clinical periodontology · 2023
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  18. The interactions between oral-gut axis microbiota andFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2022
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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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Daniel P MillerDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA.
David A ScottDepartment of Oral Immunology and Infectious Diseases, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA. Electronic address: david.scott@louisville.edu.
University of Louisville · USVirginia Commonwealth University · US

Funding

Understanding the Host-Microbiome-Therapeutic Triad: Implications for Designing Alternative IntravaginalP20GM125504 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE · PI Shirin Ghods · 2018 to 2026
$24.4M
Role of GSK3 in host inflammationR01DE017680 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE · PI SCOTT, DAVID A · 2007 to 2017
$3.3M
P. gingivalis genes essential for tobacco smoke survivalR01DE026963 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE · PI SCOTT, DAVID A · 2017 to 2024
$2.5M
Filifactor alocis-tobacco interactionsR21DE028506 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE · PI SCOTT, DAVID A · 2020 to 2021
$429k
NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE017680NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE026963NIDCR NIH HHS R21 DE028506NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM125504
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Proteases are critical virulence determinants of Porphyromonas gingivalis, an emerging Alzheimer's disease, cancer, and arthritis pathogen and established agent of periodontitis. Transposon sequencing has been employed to define the core essential genome of this bacterium and genes conditionally essential in multiple environments - abscess formation; epithelial colonization; and cigarette smoke toxin exposure; as well as to elucidate genes required for iron acquisition and a functional type 9 secretion system. Validated and predicted protein catabolism genes identified include a combination of established virulence factors and a larger set of seemingly more mundane proteolytic genes. The functions and relevance of genes that share essentiality in multiple disease-relevant conditions are examined. These common stress-related genes may represent particularly attractive therapeutic targets for the control of P. gingivalis infections.

Indexed as

AnimalsBacterial ProteinsBacteroidaceae InfectionsGenes, EssentialHumansPorphyromonas gingivalisVirulence FactorsBacterial ProteinsVirulence Factorsessential genesfitnesspathogenesisperiodontitisPorphyromonas gingivalistransposon sequencing

Identifiers

PMID33071035
PMCPMC8208481
OpenAlexW3093450752

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