Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40599786›Full record

ReviewFrontiers in immunology2025

The PE/PPE family proteins of

Zhijing Zhang, Le Dong, Xin Li, Taibing Deng, Qinglan Wang

Abstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

9 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. The mycomembrane proteins PorH and ProtX are inserted at polar growth zones and linked to the cell wall.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
    Article
  2. Epigenetic Reprogramming byAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
    Review
  3. Article
  4. Adaptive immunity shapes baseline physiology ofbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
    Article
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Recent Characterization of Key Proteins to Combat Tuberculosis.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026
    Review
  8. Article
  9. Article
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

5 authors.

Zhijing Zhang *Institute of Respiratory Health, Frontiers Science Center for Disease-related Molecular Network, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Le Dong *College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Xin LiSchool of Clinical Medicine, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, Sichuan, China.
Taibing DengSchool of Clinical Medicine, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, Sichuan, China.
Qinglan WangInstitute of Respiratory Health, Frontiers Science Center for Disease-related Molecular Network, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB), caused by

Indexed as

Antigens, BacterialBacterial VaccinesEvolution, MolecularMycobacterium tuberculosisTuberculosisAmino Acid MotifsAnimalsEpitopesGenome, BacterialHumansProlineProtein TransportAntigens, BacterialBacterial VaccinesEpitopesProlineevolutionMycobacterium tuberculosisouter membranePE/PPEporinvaccine

Identifiers

PMID40599786
PMCPMC12209268

What Socratic holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.