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Biotic acts of antibiotics

Overview of attention for article published in Frontiers in Microbiology, January 2013
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Title
Biotic acts of antibiotics
Published in
Frontiers in Microbiology, January 2013
DOI 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00241
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Authors

Rustam I. Aminov

Abstract

Biological functions of antibiotics are not limited to killing. The most likely function of antibiotics in natural microbial ecosystems is signaling. Does this signaling function of antibiotics also extend to the eukaryotic - in particular mammalian - cells? In this review, the host modulating properties of three classes of antibiotics (macrolides, tetracyclines, and β-lactams) will be briefly discussed. Antibiotics can be effective in treatment of a broad spectrum of diseases and pathological conditions other than those of infectious etiology and, in this capacity, may find widespread applications beyond the intended antimicrobial use. This use, however, should not compromise the primary function antibiotics are used for. The biological background for this inter-kingdom signaling is also discussed.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Brazil 1 <1%
Israel 1 <1%
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Spain 1 <1%
Japan 1 <1%
Unknown 140 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 25 17%
Researcher 18 12%
Student > Ph. D. Student 13 9%
Student > Master 11 8%
Other 10 7%
Other 32 22%
Unknown 36 25%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 33 23%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 24 17%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 14 10%
Immunology and Microbiology 9 6%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 9 6%
Other 19 13%
Unknown 37 26%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 August 2013.
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#14,757,547
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Outputs from Frontiers in Microbiology
#13,633
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#175,324
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Outputs of similar age from Frontiers in Microbiology
#193
of 407 outputs
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