Evidence map›Paper›PMID 37316831›Full record

ReviewCell communication and signaling : CCS2023

It is the time for quorum sensing inhibition as alternative strategy of antimicrobial therapy.

Nourhan G Naga, Dalia E El-Badan, Khaled M Ghanem, Mona I Shaaban

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Review in Cell communication and signaling : CCS, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 62 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
62citing papers in PubMed
19.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

62 citing papers in PubMed, 129 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 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Nourhan G NagaBotany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt. Nourhan.Naga_PG@alexu.edu.eg.
Dalia E El-BadanBotany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
Khaled M GhanemBotany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
Mona I ShaabanMicrobiology and Immunology Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt.
Alexandria University · EGBeirut Arab University · LBMansoura University · EG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple drug resistance poses a significant threat to public health worldwide, with a substantial increase in morbidity and mortality rates. Consequently, searching for novel strategies to control microbial pathogenicity is necessary. With the aid of auto-inducers (AIs), quorum sensing (QS) regulates bacterial virulence factors through cell-to-cell signaling networks. AIs are small signaling molecules produced during the stationary phase. When bacterial cultures reach a certain level of growth, these molecules regulate the expression of the bound genes by acting as mirrors that reflect the inoculum density.Gram-positive bacteria use the peptide derivatives of these signaling molecules, whereas Gram-negative bacteria use the fatty acid derivatives, and the majority of bacteria can use both types to modulate the expression of the target gene. Numerous natural and synthetic QS inhibitors (QSIs) have been developed to reduce microbial pathogenesis. Applications of QSI are vital to human health, as well as fisheries and aquaculture, agriculture, and water treatment. Video Abstract.

Indexed as

Anti-Infective AgentsQuorum SensingCell CommunicationCell CycleHumansAnti-Infective AgentsAntibioticsAutoinducersMultiple drug resistanceQuorum sensingVirulence factors

Identifiers

PMID37316831
PMCPMC10265836
OpenAlexW4380682565

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