Evidence map›Paper›PMID 36499356›Full record

ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2022

Eating the Enemy: Mycoplasma Strategies to Evade Neutrophil Extracellular Traps (NETs) Promoting Bacterial Nucleotides Uptake and Inflammatory Damage.

Carla Cacciotto, Alberto Alberti

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
17citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 14% 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

17 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. A genome-wide investigation ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2025
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  15. Frontiers in veterinary science · 2024
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  17. Neutrophils inVaccines · 2023
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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.

Carla CacciottoDipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, Università degli Studi di Sassari, 07100 Sassari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7725-9430
Alberto AlbertiDipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, Università degli Studi di Sassari, 07100 Sassari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1708-9473
University of Sassari · IT

Funding

University of Sassari FAR Fondo Ricerca Ateneo 2020
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neutrophils are effector cells involved in the innate immune response against infection; they kill infectious agents in the intracellular compartment (phagocytosis) or in the extracellular milieu (degranulation). Moreover, neutrophils release neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs), complex structures composed of a scaffold of decondensed DNA associated with histones and antimicrobial compounds; NETs entrap infectious agents, preventing their spread and promoting their clearance. NET formation is triggered by microbial compounds, but many microorganisms have evolved several strategies for NET evasion. In addition, the dysregulated production of NETs is associated with chronic inflammatory diseases. Mycoplasmas are reduced genome bacteria, able to induce chronic infections with recurrent inflammatory symptoms. Mycoplasmas' parasitic lifestyle relies on metabolite uptake from the host. Mycoplasmas induce NET release, but their surface or secreted nucleases digest the NETs' DNA scaffold, allowing them to escape from entrapment and providing essential nucleotide precursors, thus promoting the infection. The presence of

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Extracellular TrapsMycoplasmaBacteriaDNANeutrophilsNucleotidesDNANucleotideschronic diseaseinnate immunitymycoplasmaneutrophilneutrophil extracellular traps (NETs)nucleasevirulence

Identifiers

PMID36499356
PMCPMC9740415
OpenAlexW4310375168

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