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ReviewChemical science2021

The phospholipid membrane compositions of bacterial cells, cancer cell lines and biological samples from cancer patients.

Kira L F Hilton, Chandni Manwani, Jessica E Boles, Lisa J White, Sena Ozturk, Michelle D Garrett, Jennifer R Hiscock

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Review in Chemical science, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
23citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 17% 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

23 citing papers in PubMed, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kira L F HiltonSchool of Physical Sciences, University of Kent Canterbury Kent CT2 7NH UK J.R.Hiscock@Kent.ac.uk.
Chandni ManwaniSchool of Physical Sciences, University of Kent Canterbury Kent CT2 7NH UK J.R.Hiscock@Kent.ac.uk.
Jessica E BolesSchool of Physical Sciences, University of Kent Canterbury Kent CT2 7NH UK J.R.Hiscock@Kent.ac.uk.
Lisa J WhiteSchool of Physical Sciences, University of Kent Canterbury Kent CT2 7NH UK J.R.Hiscock@Kent.ac.uk.
Sena OzturkSchool of Physical Sciences, University of Kent Canterbury Kent CT2 7NH UK J.R.Hiscock@Kent.ac.uk.
Michelle D GarrettSchool of Biosciences, University of Kent Canterbury Kent CT2 7NJ UK M.D.Garrett@Kent.ac.uk.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3939-1673
Jennifer R HiscockSchool of Physical Sciences, University of Kent Canterbury Kent CT2 7NH UK J.R.Hiscock@Kent.ac.uk.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1406-8802
University of Kent · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/T020415/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While cancer now impacts the health and well-being of more of the human population than ever before, the exponential rise in antimicrobial resistant (AMR) bacterial infections means AMR is predicted to become one of the greatest future threats to human health. It is therefore vital that novel therapeutic strategies are developed that can be used in the treatment of both cancer and AMR infections. Whether the target of a therapeutic agent be inside the cell or in the cell membrane, it must either interact with or cross this phospholipid barrier to elicit the desired cellular effect. Here we summarise findings from published research into the phospholipid membrane composition of bacterial and cancer cell lines and biological samples from cancer patients. These data not only highlight key differences in the membrane composition of these biological samples, but also the methods used to elucidate and report the results of this analogous research between the microbial and cancer fields.

Identifiers

PMID34777745
PMCPMC8529332
OpenAlexW3199783552

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