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ArticlemBio2021

Streptococcus pneumoniae Binds to Host Lactate Dehydrogenase via PspA and PspC To Enhance Virulence.

Sang-Sang Park, Norberto Gonzalez-Juarbe, Eriel Martínez, Joanetha Yvette Hale, Yi-Han Lin, Joshua T Huffines, Katherine L Kruckow, David E Briles, Carlos J Orihuela

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Article in mBio, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Capsule and PspA Cooperatively Confer Resistance ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  12. Novel processes to obtain pneumococcal surface proteins for vaccines.Applied microbiology and biotechnology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Sang-Sang ParkDepartment of Microbiology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
Norberto Gonzalez-JuarbeInfectious Diseases and Genomic Medicine Group, J Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, USA.
Eriel MartínezDepartment of Microbiology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
Joanetha Yvette HaleDepartment of Microbiology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
Yi-Han LinInfectious Diseases and Genomic Medicine Group, J Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, USA.
Joshua T HuffinesDepartment of Microbiology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
Katherine L KruckowDepartment of Microbiology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
David E Briles *Department of Microbiology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA dbriles@uab.edu corihuel@uab.edu.
Carlos J Orihuela *Department of Microbiology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA dbriles@uab.edu corihuel@uab.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-8542-4069

Funding

Training Program in Cell, Molecular, and Developmental BiologyT32GM008111 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI YODER, BRADLEY K. · 1985 to 2022
$5.4M
Cardiac microlesion formation during invasive pneumococcal diseaseR01AI114800 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI Carlos J Orihuela, Herve S TETTELIN · 2015 to 2026
$5.1M
PspA binds necroptotic cells to cause disease and transmitR01AI156898 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI ORIHUELA, CARLOS J · 2020 to 2024
$2.0M
Vaccine potential of the proline-rich domain of pneumococcal surface protein AR01AI118805 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI BRILES, DAVID E · 2015 to 2019
$1.8M
Pneumococcal biofilm formation is SpxB dependentR21AI146149 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI ORIHUELA, CARLOS J · 2019 to 2020
$427k
Capsule protects intracellular pneumococci during vascular endothelial cell translocationR21AI148368 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI ORIHUELA, CARLOS J · 2020 to 2021
$408k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI114800NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI118805NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI156898NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI146149NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI148368NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008111
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pneumococcal surface protein A (PspA) and pneumococcal surface protein C (PspC, also called CbpA) are major virulence factors of

Indexed as

Host-Pathogen InteractionsA549 CellsAnimalsBacterial ProteinsFemaleHeat-Shock ProteinsHumansL-Lactate DehydrogenaseMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, Inbred C57BLPneumococcal InfectionsProtein BindingStreptococcus pneumoniaeTHP-1 CellsVirulenceBacterial ProteinsHeat-Shock ProteinsL-Lactate Dehydrogenasephage shock protein, BacteriaSpsA protein, Streptococcus pneumoniaeVirulence Factorscholine binding proteinspathogenesispneumococcal surface protein Apneumococcal surface protein CpneumoniaStreptococcus pneumoniaevirulence

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PMID33947761
PMCPMC8437407

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