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ReviewPathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2022

The Exploration of Complement-Resistance Mechanisms of Pathogenic Gram-Negative Bacteria to Support the Development of Novel Therapeutics.

Marta K Ruest, Jonathan J Dennis

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Review in Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 42% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Molecular characterization of extended-spectrum β-lactamases-producing Escherichia coli isolated from patients with bacteremia.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2026
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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Marta K RuestDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2R3, Canada.
Jonathan J DennisDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2R3, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-3925-9533
University of Alberta · CA

Funding

Alberta Major Innovation Fund RCP-19-003-MIFNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council NSERC-238414-2018
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Resistance to antibiotics in Bacteria is one of the biggest threats to human health. After decades of attempting to isolate or design antibiotics with novel mechanisms of action against bacterial pathogens, few approaches have been successful. Antibacterial drug discovery is now moving towards targeting bacterial virulence factors, especially immune evasion factors. Gram-negative bacteria present some of the most significant challenges in terms of antibiotic resistance. However, they are also able to be eliminated by the component of the innate immune system known as the complement system. In response, Gram-negative bacteria have evolved a variety of mechanisms by which they are able to evade complement and cause infection. Complement resistance mechanisms present some of the best novel therapeutic targets for defending against highly antibiotic-resistant pathogenic bacterial infections.

Indexed as

bacteriacomplement resistancecomplement systemgram-negative bacteriainnate immunity

Identifiers

PMID36015050
PMCPMC9412335
OpenAlexW4293680661

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Registered trials

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