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ArticleMicroorganisms2021

Immobilization of Polyethyleneimine (PEI) on Flat Surfaces and Nanoparticles Affects Its Ability to Disrupt Bacterial Membranes.

Nesha May Octavio Andoy, Meera Patel, Ching Lam Jane Lui, Ruby May Arana Sullan

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Article in Microorganisms, 2021. 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
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 39% 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, 15 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.

Nesha May Octavio AndoyDepartment of Physical and Environmental Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough, 1065 Military Trail, Toronto, ON M1C 1A4, Canada.
Meera PatelDepartment of Physical and Environmental Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough, 1065 Military Trail, Toronto, ON M1C 1A4, Canada.
Ching Lam Jane LuiDepartment of Physical and Environmental Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough, 1065 Military Trail, Toronto, ON M1C 1A4, Canada.
Ruby May Arana SullanDepartment of Physical and Environmental Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough, 1065 Military Trail, Toronto, ON M1C 1A4, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-8927-2605
University of Toronto · CA

Funding

Canada Foundation for Innovation 36544Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada RGPIN-2017-06522
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interactions between a widely used polycationic polymer, polyethyleneimine (PEI), and a Gram-negative bacteria,

Indexed as

atomic force microscopy, AFMbacterial outer membranepolydopamine nanoparticlespolyethyleneimine, PEIquantitative imaging, QIYoung’s modulus

Identifiers

PMID34683497
PMCPMC8540495
OpenAlexW3207565503

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Registered trials

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