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ReviewFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology2020

Mini-Review: Bioactivities of Bacterial Cell Envelopes in the Central Nervous System.

William J MacCain, Elaine I Tuomanen

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Review in Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 34% 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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Neutrophil Recruitment in Pneumococcal Pneumonia.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2022
    Review
  9. Editorial: Host-Pathogen Interaction in the Central Nervous System.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2021
    Article
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.

William J MacCainDepartment of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, United States.
Elaine I TuomanenDepartment of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, United States.
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During acute bacterial meningitis, recognition of the bacterial envelope by immune cells of the central nervous system (CNS) generates a robust response that is essential to clear bacteria. This response is further amplified during treatment when lytic antibiotics, required for cure, also generate a burst of highly inflammatory cell envelope debris. Different peptidoglycan (PG) subcomponents interact with neurons, glia, and the blood brain barrier resulting in the entire symptom complex of meningitis. Recently, this CNS-cell envelope signaling axis has been extended to non-inflammatory recognition of cell wall components circulating from endogenous bacteria to the brain resulting in both benefit and chronic damage. This review will describe the molecular details of a broad array of cell envelope-induced responses in the CNS and what current strategies can be implemented to improve clinical outcome.

Indexed as

Cell WallPeptidoglycanBacteriaBlood-Brain BarrierCell MembranePeptidoglycanmeningitisneurodevelopmentPAMPpattern recognition receptorpeptidoglycan

Identifiers

PMID33194834
PMCPMC7649116
OpenAlexW3094969117

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Registered trials

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