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ArticleThe Journal of clinical investigation2005

Unlocking the DEAD-box: a key to cryptococcal virulence?

Lena J Heung, Maurizio Del Poeta

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Article in The Journal of clinical investigation, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 25% 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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Molecular Structure of the mRNA Export Factor Gle1 fromInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  6. The effect of the expression of virulence-associated DEAD-box RNA helicase mRNA on the imbalance of Th1-Th2 cytokines in the CSF of patients with Cryptococcus neoformans meningitis.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2011
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  8. Evolution of MDA-5/RIG-I-dependent innate immunity: independent evolution by domain grafting.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2008
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lena J HeungDepartment of Biochemistry, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA.
Maurizio Del Poeta
Medical University of South Carolina · US

Funding

THE ROLE OF LACTOSYLCERAMIDE IN RENAL AGING AND DISEASEP20RR017677 · NCRR · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI MAO, CUNGUI · 2002 to 2011
$23.4M
TRAINING PROGRAM FOR MEDICAL SCIENTISTST32GM008716 · NIGMS · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI DEMORE, NANCY · 1999 to 2024
$9.3M
Sphingolipid-mediated fungal pathogenesisR01AI056168 · NIAID · STATE UNIVERSITY NEW YORK STONY BROOK · PI DEL POETA, MAURIZIO · 2004 to 2013
$2.7M
NCRR NIH HHS P20 RR017677NCRR NIH HHS RR17677NIAID NIH HHS AI56168NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI056168NIGMS NIH HHS GM08716NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008716
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The DEAD-box RNA helicases are enzymes involved in many critical aspects of RNA metabolism within both eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms. Several studies have shown that these proteins may have important functions in mediating microbial pathogenesis. A new study in this issue of the JCI identifies the first DEAD-box RNA helicase in the pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans and proposes novel roles for this family of proteins in the development and progression of cryptococcosis.

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Amino Acid MotifsCryptococcus neoformansAnimalsCryptococcosisFungal ProteinsHumansRNA HelicasesFungal ProteinsRNA Helicases

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PMID15765144
PMCPMC1052016
OpenAlexW2133346487

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