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ArticlemSphere2021

Establishment of a Patient-Derived, Magnetic Levitation-Based, Three-Dimensional Spheroid Granuloma Model for Human Tuberculosis.

Leigh A Kotze, Caroline G G Beltran, Dirk Lang, Andre G Loxton, Susan Cooper, Maynard Meiring, Coenraad F N Koegelenberg, Brian W Allwood, Stephanus T Malherbe, Andriette M Hiemstra and 4 more

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Article in mSphere, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

14 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Leigh A KotzeDST-NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research, South African Medical Research Councilgrid.415021.3 Centre for Tuberculosis Research, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch Universitygrid.11956.3a, Cape Town, South Africa.
Caroline G G BeltranDST-NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research, South African Medical Research Councilgrid.415021.3 Centre for Tuberculosis Research, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch Universitygrid.11956.3a, Cape Town, South Africa.
Dirk LangConfocal and Light Microscopy Imaging Facility, University of Cape Towngrid.7836.a, Cape Town, South Africa.
Andre G LoxtonDST-NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research, South African Medical Research Councilgrid.415021.3 Centre for Tuberculosis Research, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch Universitygrid.11956.3a, Cape Town, South Africa.
Susan CooperConfocal and Light Microscopy Imaging Facility, University of Cape Towngrid.7836.a, Cape Town, South Africa.
Maynard MeiringDST-NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research, South African Medical Research Councilgrid.415021.3 Centre for Tuberculosis Research, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch Universitygrid.11956.3a, Cape Town, South Africa.
Coenraad F N KoegelenbergDivision of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine, Stellenbosch Universitygrid.11956.3a and Tygerberg Academic Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
Brian W AllwoodDivision of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine, Stellenbosch Universitygrid.11956.3a and Tygerberg Academic Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
Stephanus T MalherbeDST-NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research, South African Medical Research Councilgrid.415021.3 Centre for Tuberculosis Research, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch Universitygrid.11956.3a, Cape Town, South Africa.
Andriette M HiemstraDST-NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research, South African Medical Research Councilgrid.415021.3 Centre for Tuberculosis Research, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch Universitygrid.11956.3a, Cape Town, South Africa.
Brigitte GlanzmannDST-NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research, South African Medical Research Councilgrid.415021.3 Centre for Tuberculosis Research, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch Universitygrid.11956.3a, Cape Town, South Africa.
Craig KinnearDST-NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research, South African Medical Research Councilgrid.415021.3 Centre for Tuberculosis Research, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch Universitygrid.11956.3a, Cape Town, South Africa.
Gerhard WalzlDST-NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research, South African Medical Research Councilgrid.415021.3 Centre for Tuberculosis Research, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch Universitygrid.11956.3a, Cape Town, South Africa.
Nelita du PlessisDST-NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research, South African Medical Research Councilgrid.415021.3 Centre for Tuberculosis Research, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch Universitygrid.11956.3a, Cape Town, South Africa.
South African Medical Research Council · ZAStellenbosch University · ZAUniversity of Cape Town · ZA

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/P028071/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tuberculous granulomas that develop in response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) infection are highly dynamic entities shaped by the host immune response and disease kinetics. Within this microenvironment, immune cell recruitment, polarization, and activation are driven not only by coexisting cell types and multicellular interactions but also by M. tuberculosis-mediated changes involving metabolic heterogeneity, epigenetic reprogramming, and rewiring of the transcriptional landscape of host cells. There is an increased appreciation of the

Indexed as

Magnetic PhenomenaModels, BiologicalAdultCytokinesFemaleGranulomaHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansIn Vitro TechniquesLungMaleMiddle AgedMycobacterium tuberculosisSpheroids, CellularTuberculosisCytokines3D cell culturegranulomaspheroidtuberculosis

Identifiers

PMID34287004
PMCPMC8386456
OpenAlexW3187050954

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