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ArticleCurrent fungal infection reports2010

Immunomodulation Therapy for Invasive Aspergillosis: Discussion on Myeloid Growth Factors, Recombinant Cytokines, and Antifungal Drug Immune Modulation.

Amar Safdar

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Article in Current fungal infection reports, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 27% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Amar SafdarDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control, and Employee Health, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Unit 402, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · US

Funding

Suppression of genomic instability by tuning the DNA damage response at telomeresK99CA166729 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI FLYNN, RACHEL L. · 2012 to 2012
$129k
NCI NIH HHS K99 CA166729
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Understanding fungal pathogenesis and host-pathogen immune interaction at various stages of infection is critical to examine strategies for bolstering antifungal immune defenses. Recombinant myeloid growth factors, especially granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor and the protagonist T helper (Th) 1 cytokine, interferon-γ, are most frequently used in patients with refractory invasive aspergillosis. These cytokines are given alone or in combination and have also been used together in neutropenic patients receiving donor granulocyte transfusions. Recently, a number of investigators have presented provoking data regarding auxiliary effect of conventional antifungal drugs on hosts' immune response and pathogen's susceptibility for antifungal immune defenses. Antifungal immunotherapy and its ameliorative role in treatment for

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Antifungal immune modulationCancerFungal infectionsFungal pathogenesisG-CSFGM-CSFImmunotherapyInterferon gammaInvasive aspergillosis

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PMID23585915
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