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ArticlemBio2020

Syndecan-1 Promotes Streptococcus pneumoniae Corneal Infection by Facilitating the Assembly of Adhesive Fibronectin Fibrils.

Akiko Jinno, Atsuko Hayashida, Howard F Jenkinson, Pyong Woo Park

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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 13 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
13citing 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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. From Glycocalyx Shedding to Microvascular Collapse in Sepsis: Endothelial Pathophysiology, Organ Dysfunction, and Mechanistic Biomarkers.Pathophysiology : the official journal of the International Society for Pathophysiology · 2026
    Review
  2. Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans in Immunity.Proteoglycan research · 2026
    Article
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  5. Fibronectin matrix assembly at a glance.Journal of cell science · 2025
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  8. Sulfated motifs in heparan sulfate inhibitProteoglycan research · 2023
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  11. Coreceptor functions of cell surface heparan sulfate proteoglycans.American journal of physiology. Cell physiology · 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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Akiko JinnoDepartment of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Atsuko HayashidaDepartment of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Howard F JenkinsonBristol Dental School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-9195-7945
Pyong Woo ParkDepartment of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA pyong.park@childrens.harvard.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-7979-4979
Boston Children's Hospital · USUniversity Of Bristol Dental Hospital · GB

Funding

Proteoglycan-Chemokine Interactions in Lung DiseaseR01HL132573 · NHLBI · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI PARK, PYONG WOO · 2017 to 2020
$1.9M
HSPGs in Ocular Surface DiseasesR01EY021765 · NEI · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI PARK, PYONG WOO · 2012 to 2016
$1.9M
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY021765NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL132573
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Subversion of heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPGs) is thought to be a common virulence mechanism shared by many microbial pathogens. The prevailing assumption is that pathogens co-opt HSPGs as cell surface attachment receptors or as inhibitors of innate host defense. However, there are few data that clearly support this idea

Indexed as

Host-Pathogen InteractionsAnimalsBacterial AdhesionCorneaDisease Models, AnimalExtracellular MatrixFibronectinsFluorescent Antibody TechniqueGain of Function MutationGene ExpressionHeparan Sulfate ProteoglycansImmunohistochemistryKeratitisMiceMice, KnockoutStreptococcus pneumoniaeFibronectinsHeparan Sulfate ProteoglycansSyndecan-1extracellular matrixhost-pathogen interactionskeratitisproteoglycanssyndecans

Identifiers

PMID33293379
PMCPMC7733941
OpenAlexW3110729659

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Registered trials

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