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ArticlemBio2021

Modulation of the Host Cell Transcriptome and Epigenome by Fusobacterium nucleatum.

Cody A Despins, Scott D Brown, Avery V Robinson, Andrew J Mungall, Emma Allen-Vercoe, Robert A Holt

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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 23 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
23citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-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

23 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. The emerging role of Fusobacteria in carcinogenesis.European journal of clinical investigation · 2024
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  17. American journal of cancer research · 2024
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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

6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Cody A Despins *Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Scott D Brown *Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Avery V RobinsonMolecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelphgrid.34429.38, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
Andrew J MungallCanada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Emma Allen-VercoeMolecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelphgrid.34429.38, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
Robert A HoltCanada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-7259-1247
Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre · CAUniversity of Guelph · CASimon Fraser University · CAUniversity of British Columbia · CA

Funding

Cancer Research UK 27140Cancer Research UK A27140
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fusobacterium nucleatum is a ubiquitous opportunistic pathogen with an emerging role as an oncomicrobe in colorectal cancer and other cancer settings. F. nucleatum can adhere to and invade host cells in a manner that varies across F. nucleatum strains and host cell phenotypes. Here, we performed pairwise cocultures between three F. nucleatum strains and two immortalized primary host cell types (human colonic epithelial [HCE] cells and human carotid artery endothelial [HCAE] cells) followed by transcriptome sequencing (RNA-seq) and chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing (ChIP-seq) to investigate transcriptional and epigenetic host cell responses. We observed that F. nucleatum-induced host cell transcriptional modulation involves strong upregulation of genes related to immune migration and inflammatory processes, such as

Indexed as

EpigenomeTranscriptomeCell LineChemokine CCL20Dual OxidasesEndothelial CellsEpithelial CellsFusobacterium InfectionsFusobacterium nucleatumHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansCCL20 protein, humanChemokine CCL20Dual OxidasesDUOX2 protein, humancolorectal cancerepigenomeFusobacteriumFusobacterium nucleatumhost responseinfectiononcomicrobetranscriptome

Identifiers

PMID34700376
PMCPMC8546542
OpenAlexW3208714907

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