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ArticleCell reports2013

A Vibrio parahaemolyticus T3SS effector mediates pathogenesis by independently enabling intestinal colonization and inhibiting TAK1 activation.

Xiaohui Zhou, Benjamin E Gewurz, Jennifer M Ritchie, Kaoru Takasaki, Hannah Greenfeld, Elliott Kieff, Brigid M Davis, Matthew K Waldor

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Article in Cell reports, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

55 citing papers in PubMed, 94 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xiaohui ZhouDivision of Infectious Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 15 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Benjamin E Gewurz
Jennifer M Ritchie
Kaoru Takasaki
Hannah Greenfeld
Elliott Kieff
Brigid M Davis
Matthew K Waldor
Brigham and Women's Hospital · US

Funding

Treatments for Nipah Virus InfectionU54AI057159 · NIAID · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI WHELAN, SEAN PJ · 2003 to 2013
$113.7M
Epstein-Barr Virus LMP-1 Mediated OncongenicityR01CA085180 · NCI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI KIEFF, ELLIOTT D · 2000 to 2016
$10.6M
Molecular Biology and Virulence of CTX PhageR37AI042347 · NIAID · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI WALDOR, MATTHEW K · 2008 to 2017
$3.8M
Genetic and Proteomic Analysis of Epstein-Barr Virus LMP1 Activation of NF-kBK08CA140780 · NCI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI GEWURZ, BENJAMIN ELISON · 2010 to 2014
$900k
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNCI NIH HHS K08 CA140780NCI NIH HHS R01 CA085180NIAID NIH HHS AI-R37 42347NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI042347NIAID NIH HHS U54 AI 057159NIAID NIH HHS U54 AI057159
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vibrio parahaemolyticus type III secretion system 2 (T3SS2) is essential for the organism's virulence, but the effectors required for intestinal colonization and induction of diarrhea by this pathogen have not been identified. Here, we identify a type III secretion system (T3SS2)-secreted effector, VopZ, that is essential for V. parahaemolyticus pathogenicity. VopZ plays distinct, genetically separable roles in enabling intestinal colonization and diarrheagenesis. Truncation of VopZ prevents V. parahaemolyticus colonization, whereas deletion of VopZ amino acids 38-62 abrogates V. parahaemolyticus-induced diarrhea and intestinal pathology but does not impair colonization. VopZ inhibits activation of the kinase TAK1 and thereby prevents the activation of MAPK and NF-κB signaling pathways, which lie downstream. In contrast, the VopZ internal deletion mutant cannot counter the activation of pathways regulated by TAK1. Collectively, our findings suggest that VopZ's inhibition of TAK1 is critical for V. parahaemolyticus to induce diarrhea and intestinal pathology.

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AnimalsBacterial ProteinsCell LineHEK293 CellsHeLa CellsHumansInterleukin-8Intestinal MucosaIntestinesMAP Kinase Kinase Kinase 7MAP Kinase Kinase KinasesMitogen-Activated Protein Kinase KinasesNF-kappa BPhosphorylationRabbitsSignal TransductionBacterial ProteinsInterleukin-8MAP Kinase Kinase Kinase 7MAP Kinase Kinase KinasesMitogen-Activated Protein Kinase KinasesNF-kappa BVirulence Factors

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PMID23623501
PMCPMC3711673
OpenAlexW2156350725

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