Evidence map›Paper›PMID 21717069›Full record

ReviewImmunologic research2011

IL-17 signaling in host defense against Candida albicans.

Sarah L Gaffen, Nydiaris Hernández-Santos, Alanna C Peterson

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Review in Immunologic research, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 63 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
63citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

63 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 119 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. A Synthetic β-Mannan Epitope Enables Immunization and Detection of Candida auris.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026
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  8. Molecular mechanisms, pathogenesis and therapeutic advances ofFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026
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  11. Co-Occurrence ofBiomedicines · 2025
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  16. IL-17 serum level in patients with chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis disease.Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology · 2022
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  17. Pathogenesis, Immunology and Management of Dermatophytosis.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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3 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sarah L GaffenDivision of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, BST S703, 3500 Terrace St, Pittsburgh, PA 15216, USA. sig65@pitt.edu
Nydiaris Hernández-Santos
Alanna C Peterson
University of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

Structure-Function Relationships in the IL-17 ReceptorR01AR054389 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI GAFFEN, SARAH L · 2008 to 2012
$1.8M
Th17-mediated immunity to fungal infectionsR56AI089768 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI GAFFEN, SARAH L · 2010 to 2010
$654k
NIAID NIH HHS AI89768NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI089768NIAMS NIH HHS AR054389NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR054389
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The discovery of the Th17 lineage in 2005 triggered a major change in how immunity to infectious diseases is viewed. Fungal infections, in particular, have long been a relatively understudied area of investigation in terms of the host immune response. Candida albicans is a commensal yeast that colonizes mucosal sites and skin. In healthy individuals, it is non-pathogenic, but in conditions of immune deficiency, this organism can cause a variety of infections associated with considerable morbidity. Candida can also cause disseminated infections that have a high mortality rate and are a major clinical problem in hospital settings. Although immunity to Candida albicans was long considered to be mediated by Th1 cells, new data in both rodent models and in humans have revealed an essential role for the Th17 lineage, and in particular its signature cytokine IL-17.

Indexed as

Candida albicansCandidiasisHumansInterleukin-17Receptors, LeptinSignal TransductionTh17 CellsInterleukin-17Receptors, Leptin

Identifiers

PMID21717069
PMCPMC3257840
OpenAlexW1992881199

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