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ArticlemBio2021

Plasmodium falciparum Calcium-Dependent Protein Kinase 4 is Critical for Male Gametogenesis and Transmission to the Mosquito Vector.

Sudhir Kumar, Meseret T Haile, Michael R Hoopmann, Linh T Tran, Samantha A Michaels, Seamus R Morrone, Kayode K Ojo, Laura M Reynolds, Ulrike Kusebauch, Ashley M Vaughan and 3 more

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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 36 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
36citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.7field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

36 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 46 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

13 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Sudhir Kumar *Center for Global Infectious Disease Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2847-393X
Meseret T HaileCenter for Global Infectious Disease Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Michael R HoopmannInstitute for Systems Biology, Seattle, Washington, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7029-7792
Linh T TranDepartment of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Center for Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases (CERID), University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9626-9439
Samantha A MichaelsDepartment of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Center for Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases (CERID), University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3386-5233
Seamus R MorroneInstitute for Systems Biology, Seattle, Washington, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6454-8970
Kayode K OjoDepartment of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Center for Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases (CERID), University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2007-2170
Laura M ReynoldsCenter for Global Infectious Disease Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Ulrike KusebauchInstitute for Systems Biology, Seattle, Washington, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6162-7577
Ashley M VaughanCenter for Global Infectious Disease Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5815-756X
Robert L MoritzInstitute for Systems Biology, Seattle, Washington, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3216-9447
Stefan H I KappeCenter for Global Infectious Disease Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1540-1731
Kristian E Swearingen *Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, Washington, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6756-4471
Infectious Disease Research Institute · USInstitute for Systems Biology · USUniversity of Washington · US

Funding

Shortening the development cycle time of Trans Proteomic Pipeline tools with high performance computingR01GM087221 · NIGMS · INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY · PI DEUTSCH, ERIC, MORITZ, ROBERT L · 2010 to 2021
$6.0M
Elucidating the role of TSR glycosylation in Plasmodium parasitesR01AI148489 · NIAID · INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY · PI SWEARINGEN, KRISTIAN EDWARD · 2020 to 2024
$4.2M
Elucidating phosphorylation signaling networks in infectious Plasmodium parasitesK25AI119229 · NIAID · INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY · PI SWEARINGEN, KRISTIAN EDWARD · 2015 to 2019
$682k
Acquisition of Fusion Lumos Orbitrap mass spectrometerS10OD026936 · OD · INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY · PI MORITZ, ROBERT L · 2019 to 2019
$600k
Coformulation of bumped kinase inhibitors with Artemisinin combination therapy will stop widespread transmission of artemisinin-resistant malaria strainsR21AI123690 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI OJO, KAYODE K · 2017 to 2018
$490k
NIAID NIH HHS K25 AI119229NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI148489NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI123690NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM087221NIH HHS S10 OD026936
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gametocytes of the malaria parasite

Indexed as

Mosquito VectorsAnimalsCalcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein KinasesCalcium SignalingCulicidaeGametogenesisGerm CellsLife Cycle StagesMalaria, FalciparumMalePhosphorylationPlasmodium falciparumProtozoan ProteinsCalcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein KinasesProtozoan ProteinsexflagellationgametocytemosquitoPfCDPK4phosphoproteometransmission

Identifiers

PMID34724830
PMCPMC8561384
OpenAlexW3209896102

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Registered trials

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