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ReviewInfection and immunity1993

Phlogistic properties of peptidoglycan-polysaccharide polymers from cell walls of pathogenic and normal-flora bacteria which colonize humans.

J H Schwab

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Review in Infection and immunity, 1993. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
5.3field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 86 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

J H SchwabDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill 27599.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Funding

REGULATION OF INFLAMMATION IN EXPERIMENTAL ARTHRITISR01AR039480 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI SCHWAB, JOHN H · 1989 to 1993
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NIAMS NIH HHS AR39480
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PG-PS polymers which can induce experimental chronic inflammation in joints and other tissues can be isolated from the cell walls of human pathogens, such as group A streptococci, as well as from certain indigenous bacterial species which colonize the human intestinal tract. The structural and biological properties that are required for cell wall fragments to express this remarkable activity are still not well defined, but polymer size, resistance to tissue enzymes, and capacity to sustain activation of complement, macrophages, neutrophils, and T cells are properties associated with the most active preparations. There is increasing evidence that PG-PS structures with arthropathogenic activity occur in the human intestinal lumen and that these polymers can be translocated systemically. These observations support the concept that PG-PS, derived from a variety of bacterial species, can be part of the etiology of rheumatoid arthritis and other chronic inflammatory diseases. Since the PG component provides a common element to which all individuals are exposed, it follows that susceptibility is related to efficiency of disposal of bacterial cell wall debris, as well as to cytokine networks and immune cell function (51).

Indexed as

Arthritis, InfectiousCell WallEnteritisHumansPeptidoglycanPolymersPolysaccharides, BacterialPeptidoglycanPolymersPolysaccharides, Bacterial

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PMID8406849
PMCPMC281201
OpenAlexW1929138646

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