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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2023

Pathogenic bacteria exploit transferrin receptor transcytosis to penetrate the blood-brain barrier.

Zhihui Cheng, Yangyang Zheng, Wen Yang, Hongmin Sun, Fangyu Zhou, Chuangjie Huang, Shuwen Zhang, Yingying Song, Qi'an Liang, Nan Yang and 4 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. Vamp3/syntaxin 4 mediates the basolateral membrane fusion of TfR transcytosis across the BBB and is exploited by pathogenicProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  18. Pathogenic bacteria exploit transferrin receptor transcytosis to penetrate the blood-brain barrier.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Zhihui Cheng *The Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology, Ministry of Education, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
Yangyang Zheng *The Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology, Ministry of Education, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
Wen Yang *The Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology, Ministry of Education, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
Hongmin SunThe Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology, Ministry of Education, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
Fangyu ZhouThe Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology, Ministry of Education, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
Chuangjie HuangThe Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology, Ministry of Education, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
Shuwen ZhangThe Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology, Ministry of Education, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
Yingying SongThe Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology, Ministry of Education, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
Qi'an LiangThe Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology, Ministry of Education, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
Nan YangThe Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology, Ministry of Education, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.ORCID 0009-0005-1075-9277
Meifang LiThe Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology, Ministry of Education, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
Bin LiuThe Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology, Ministry of Education, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
Lu FengThe Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology, Ministry of Education, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
Lei WangThe Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology, Ministry of Education, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4427-0881
Nankai University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The human blood-brain barrier (BBB) comprises a single layer of brain microvascular endothelial cells (HBMECs) protecting the brain from bloodborne pathogens. Meningitis is among the most serious diseases, but the mechanisms by which major meningitis-causing bacterial pathogens cross the BBB to reach the brain remain poorly understood. We found that

Indexed as

Blood-Brain BarrierEndothelial CellsAnimalsBacteriaHumansInfant, NewbornMiceReceptors, TransferrinTNF Receptor-Associated Factor 3TranscytosisReceptors, TransferrinTNF Receptor-Associated Factor 3bacterial meningitishost–pathogen interactionspenetration of the BBBtransferrin receptor transcytosisvesicle fusion

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PMID37733740
PMCPMC10523449
OpenAlexW4386918158

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