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ReviewGenes and immunity2021

Microscale communication between bacterial pathogens and the host epithelium.

Ann-Kathrin Mix, Griseldis Goob, Erik Sontowski, Christof R Hauck

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In one paragraph

Review in Genes and immunity, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.7field-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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 20 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ann-Kathrin MixLehrstuhl Zellbiologie, Fachbereich Biologie, Universität Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany.
Griseldis GoobLehrstuhl Zellbiologie, Fachbereich Biologie, Universität Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany.
Erik SontowskiLehrstuhl Zellbiologie, Fachbereich Biologie, Universität Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany.
Christof R HauckLehrstuhl Zellbiologie, Fachbereich Biologie, Universität Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany. christof.hauck@uni-konstanz.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1005-2141
University of Konstanz · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pathogenic bacteria have evolved a variety of highly selective adhesins allowing these microbes to engage specific surface determinants of their eukaryotic host cells. Receptor clustering induced by the multivalent microorganisms will not only anchor the bacteria to the tissue, but will inevitably trigger host cell signaling. It has become clear, that these bacteria-initiated signaling events can be seen as a form of localized communication with host epithelial cells. Such a microscale communication can have immediate consequences in the form of changes in host cell membrane morphology or cytoskeletal organization, but can also lead to transcriptional responses and medium- and long-term alterations in cellular physiology. In this review, we will discuss several examples of this form of microscale communication between bacterial pathogens and mammalian host cells and try to delineate their downstream ramifications in the infection process. Furthermore, we will highlight recent findings that specialized pathogenic bacteria utilize the adhesin-based interaction to diffuse the short-range messenger molecule nitric oxide into the host tissue. While anti-adhesive strategies to disrupt the initial bacterial attachment have not yet translated into medical applications, the ability to interfere with the microscale communication emanating on the host side provides an unconventional approach for preventing infectious diseases.

Indexed as

Adhesins, BacterialBacteriaAnimalsEpitheliumAdhesins, Bacterial

Identifiers

PMID34588625
PMCPMC8497271
OpenAlexW3202491789

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