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ReviewCurrent opinion in microbiology2020

Intestinal organoid/enteroid-based models for Cryptosporidium.

Seema Bhalchandra, Hymlaire Lamisere, Honorine Ward

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Review in Current opinion in microbiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  12. An update onJournal of parasitic diseases : official organ of the Indian Society for Parasitology · 2022
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  13. Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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  14. Current clinical microbiology reports · 2021
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  15. Gut microbes
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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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Seema BhalchandraTufts Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: sbhalchandra@tuftsmedicalcenter.org.
Hymlaire LamisereTufts University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Boston, MA, USA.
Honorine WardTufts Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA; Tufts University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Boston, MA, USA.
Tufts University · USTufts Medical Center · US

Funding

Interaction of enteropathogenic Yersinia and Vibrio cholera with engineered human intestinal tissueU19AI131126 · NIAID · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI WARD, HONORINE D · 2017 to 2021
$8.1M
IMMUNOLOGIC ASPECTS OF DISEASET32AI007077 · NIAID · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI WORTIS, HENRY H. · 1985 to 2017
$3.5M
Tufts-CMC Framework Program for Global Health InnovationD43TW009377 · FIC · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI KANG, GAGANDEEP, WANKE, CHRISTINE A · 2013 to 2017
$1.6M
A bioengineered 3D primary human intestinal model for CryptosporidiumR21AI128342 · NIAID · TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER · PI KAPLAN, DAVID L., WARD, HONORINE D · 2017 to 2018
$474k
An Ex Vivo 3-D Pre-Clinical Human Enteroid Model for CryptosporidiumR21AI120932 · NIAID · TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER · PI WARD, HONORINE D · 2015 to 2016
$454k
FIC NIH HHS D43 TW009377NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI120932NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI128342NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007077NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI131126
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cryptosporidium is a leading cause of diarrhea and death in young children and untreated AIDS patients in resource-poor settings, and of waterborne outbreaks of disease in developed countries. However, there is no consistently effective treatment for vulnerable populations. Progress towards development of therapeutics for cryptosporidiosis has been hampered by lack of optimal culture systems to study it. New advances in organoid/enteroid technology have contributed to improved platforms to culture and propagate Cryptosporidium. Here we discuss recent breakthroughs in the field and highlight different models for functional ex vivo organoid or enteroidderived culture systems. These systems will lead to a better understanding of the mechanisms of host-parasite interactions in vivo.

Indexed as

AnimalsCell Culture TechniquesCryptosporidiosisCryptosporidiumHumansIntestinesModels, BiologicalOrganoids

Identifiers

PMID33113480
PMCPMC7758878
OpenAlexW3093748029

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