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ArticlemBio2025

Neuraminidase-mediated enhancement of

Matthew T Montgomery, Mila Ortigoza, Cynthia Loomis, Jeffrey N Weiser

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Article in mBio, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Bacterial and host factors affecting acquisition ofbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  7. Airway mucus in infection.Frontiers in physiology · 2026
    Review
  8. Colonization dynamics ofInfection and immunity · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Matthew T MontgomeryDepartment of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.ORCID 0009-0007-1641-2498
Mila OrtigozaDepartment of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9428-1469
Cynthia LoomisDepartment of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
Jeffrey N WeiserDepartment of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7168-8090

Funding

ROLE OF OPACITY VARIATION IN PNEUMOCOCCAL PATHOGENESISR01AI038446 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI WEISER, JEFFREY NEAL · 1996 to 2019
$7.4M
Mechanisms of Pneumococcal Persistence During CarriageR37AI038446 · NIAID · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI Jeffrey Neal Weiser · 2020 to 2026
$3.8M
Targeting Pneumococcal TransmissionR01AI150893 · NIAID · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI WEISER, JEFFREY NEAL · 2020 to 2024
$3.3M
ELF1 - Molecular mechanisms of a novel transcription factor with broad antiviral activityR01AI143639 · NIAID · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI WEISER, JEFFREY NEAL · 2019 to 2023
$2.5M
Role of PKCDelta in B cell signaling and selectionR01AI050867 · NIAID · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI TARAKHOVSKY, ALEXANDER · 2002 to 2006
$2.1M
Biology of Influenza Virus TransmissionK08AI141759 · NIAID · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI ORTIGOZA, MILA BRUM · 2019 to 2023
$939k
HHS | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) 5R01AI143639HHS | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) 5R01AI150893HHS | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) 5R37AI038446NIAID NIH HHS K08 AI141759NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI038446NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI050867NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI143639NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI150893NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI038446
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Upon entry into the upper respiratory tract (URT), IMPORTANCE: Although severe illness and death caused by Spn result from secondary invasive diseases including pneumonia, sepsis, and meningitis, stable colonization of the upper respiratory tract (URT) is a prerequisite to invasive disease. Therefore, understanding host-Spn dynamics during asymptomatic colonization of the URT is warranted with respect to the pathogenesis of Spn disease. In this study, we found that Spn NA activity directly alters mucus characteristics that result in increased density and duration of URT colonization. Therefore, targeting Spn NA activity during URT colonization may be a viable strategy to mitigate Spn infection.

Indexed as

MucusNeuraminidasePneumococcal InfectionsStreptococcus pneumoniaeAnimalsBacterial ProteinsFemaleGlycocalyxHumansMiceN-Acetylneuraminic AcidRespiratory MucosaBacterial ProteinsN-Acetylneuraminic AcidNeuraminidasecolonizationmucusneuraminidaseStreptococcus pneumoniaeupper respiratory tract

Identifiers

PMID39660923
PMCPMC11708046

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