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ArticleNature2023

Clostridioides difficile ferrosome organelles combat nutritional immunity.

Hualiang Pi, Rong Sun, James R McBride, Angela R S Kruse, Katherine N Gibson-Corley, Evan S Krystofiak, Maribeth R Nicholson, Jeffrey M Spraggins, Qiangjun Zhou, Eric P Skaar

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Article in Nature, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
39citing papers in PubMed
9.3field-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

39 citing papers in PubMed, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Clostridioides difficile pathogenesis and control.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2026
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  9. Dietary iron attenuatesVirulence · 2025
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  10. Iron and the immune system.Nature reviews. Immunology · 2025
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  12. Microbial metal physiology: ions to ecosystems.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2025
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  13. Unravelling three-way interactions betweenJournal of medical microbiology · 2025
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  15. Engineering Spatial Control of Bacterial Organelles.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hualiang Pi *Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology, and Inflammation, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0015-4443
Rong Sun *Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0950-1480
James R McBrideVanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0161-7283
Angela R S KruseMass Spectrometry Research Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8776-2769
Katherine N Gibson-CorleyDepartment of Pathology, Microbiology, & Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1846-1580
Evan S KrystofiakDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0043-6977
Maribeth R NicholsonDepartment of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Jeffrey M SpragginsDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9198-5498
Qiangjun ZhouDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA. qiangjun.zhou@Vanderbilt.Edu.ORCID 0000-0003-1789-9588
Eric P SkaarVanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology, and Inflammation, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA. eric.skaar@vumc.org.ORCID 0000-0001-5094-8105
Vanderbilt University · USVanderbilt University Medical Center · US

Funding

Tumor Immunology and Microenvironment Research ProgramP30CA068485 · NCI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI MATTHEW J TYSKA · 1995 to 2026
$172.8M
Translational Analysis CoreP30DK058404 · NIDDK · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI RICHARD M. PEEK · 2002 to 2026
$29.9M
Vanderbilt Diabetes Research CenterP30DK020593 · NIDDK · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI OWEN P MCGUINNESS · 2012 to 2026
$29.3M
Shop Module CoreP30EY008126 · NEI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI Kevin L Schey · 1989 to 2026
$19.6M
Vanderbilt Mouse Metabolic Physiology CenterU24DK059637 · NIDDK · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI WASSERMAN, DAVID H · 2001 to 2015
$14.9M
Vanderbilt Antibody and Antigen Discovery for Clostridioides difficile VaccinesU19AI174999 · NIAID · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI Dana Borden Lacy · 2023 to 2026
$7.9M
Pathobiology of heme inducible transporters in Gram positive pathogensR01AI073843 · NIAID · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI SKAAR, ERIC P · 2009 to 2025
$5.9M
Molecular mapping of microbial communities at the host-pathogen interface by multi-modal 3-dimensional imaging mass spectrometryR01AI138581 · NIAID · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI Eric P Skaar, Jeffrey M Spraggins · 2018 to 2026
$5.2M
Nutritional immunity and microbial competition during Clostridioides difficile infectionR01AI164587 · NIAID · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI SKAAR, ERIC P · 2022 to 2025
$2.4M
Thermo Scientific Glacios cryo-TEMS10OD030292 · OD · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI NAKAGAWA, TERUNAGA · 2021 to 2021
$2.0M
Immune, Microbial, and Metabolic Factors that Impact Clostridioides difficile and Inflammatory Bowel Disease in ChildrenK23AI156132 · NIAID · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI NICHOLSON, MARIBETH RUTH · 2021 to 2025
$876k
Molecular Mechanism and Regulation of Asynchronous ReleaseR00MH113764 · NIMH · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI ZHOU, QIANGJUN · 2020 to 2022
$719k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA068485NEI NIH HHS P30 EY008126NIAID NIH HHS F32 AI161860NIAID NIH HHS K23 AI156132NIAID NIH HHS K99 AI168483NIAID NIH HHS R00 AI168483NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI073843NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI138581NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI164587NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI174999NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK020593NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK058404NIDDK NIH HHS U24 DK059637NIH HHS S10 OD030292NIMH NIH HHS R00 MH113764
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Iron is indispensable for almost all forms of life but toxic at elevated levels

Indexed as

Clostridioides difficileClostridium InfectionsFerric CompoundsHost Microbial InteractionsIronOrganellesAnimalsBacterial ProteinsCell MembraneCryoelectron MicroscopyDisease Models, AnimalElectron Microscope TomographyHomeostasisInflammationIntestinesLeukocyte L1 Antigen ComplexBacterial ProteinsFerric CompoundsferrosomeIronLeukocyte L1 Antigen Complex

Identifiers

PMID37968387
PMCPMC10822667
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