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ReviewEukaryotic cell2015

Virulence-Associated Enzymes of Cryptococcus neoformans.

Fausto Almeida, Julie M Wolf, Arturo Casadevall

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Review in Eukaryotic cell, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 84 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
84citing papers in PubMed
8.1field-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

84 citing papers in PubMed, 138 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Molecular types, clinical profile, and exploratory virulence-associated phenotypes of clinical Cryptococcus isolates from Amazonas, Brazil.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2026
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  6. A comprehensive review of neurotropic fungal infections: clinical manifestations and vaccines.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2025
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  12. Insights from Mass Spectrometry-Based Proteomics onJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  14. Evolutionary uniqueeLife · 2025
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  18. Cryptococcal nutrient acquisition and pathogenesis: dining on the host.Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR · 2025
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  19. Adaptative Divergence ofJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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24 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 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Fausto AlmeidaDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York, USA Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Ribeirao Preto Medical School, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Julie M WolfDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York, USA.
Arturo CasadevallDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York, USA Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA arturo.casadevall@einstein.yu.edu.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine · USJohns Hopkins University · USUniversidade de São Paulo · BR

Funding

Biology of Fungal MelaninR01AI052733 · NIAID · YESHIVA UNIVERSITY · PI CASADEVALL, ARTURO · 2003 to 2019
$6.6M
Molecular Characterization of C. neoformans AntibodiesR37AI033142 · NIAID · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI CASADEVALL, ARTURO · 2007 to 2016
$3.9M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI052733NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI033142
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Enzymes play key roles in fungal pathogenesis. Manipulation of enzyme expression or activity can significantly alter the infection process, and enzyme expression profiles can be a hallmark of disease. Hence, enzymes are worthy targets for better understanding pathogenesis and identifying new options for combatting fungal infections. Advances in genomics, proteomics, transcriptomics, and mass spectrometry have enabled the identification and characterization of new fungal enzymes. This review focuses on recent developments in the virulence-associated enzymes from Cryptococcus neoformans. The enzymatic suite of C. neoformans has evolved for environmental survival, but several of these enzymes play a dual role in colonizing the mammalian host. We also discuss new therapeutic and diagnostic strategies that could be based on the underlying enzymology.

Indexed as

AnimalsCryptococcus neoformansDrug DesignDrug Resistance, FungalHumansMelaninsPolysaccharidesVirulenceMelaninsPolysaccharides

Identifiers

PMID26453651
PMCPMC4664877
OpenAlexW2182008738

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