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ReviewMemorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz2015

New insights on the development of fungal vaccines: from immunity to recent challenges.

Natasha P Medici, Maurizio Del Poeta

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Review in Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
23citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

23 citing papers in PubMed, 69 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Glycan microarray analysis ofProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  2. Promising immunotherapeutic targets for treating candidiasis.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2024
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  5. Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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  6. Intestinal bacteria-a powerful weapon for fungal infections treatment.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2023
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  12. Infectious diseases · 2021
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  14. Application of Machine Learning Classifier toFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2021
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  18. A Heat-KilledmBio · 2019
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  19. TargetingFrontiers in microbiology · 2019
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  20. Special Issue "Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018
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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Natasha P MediciDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
Maurizio Del PoetaDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
Stony Brook University · US

Funding

New antifungals targeting the synthesis of fungal sphingolipidsR01AI116420 · NIAID · STATE UNIVERSITY NEW YORK STONY BROOK · PI Maurizio Del Poeta · 2016 to 2026
$7.6M
Sphingolipid-mediated fungal pathogenesisR01AI056168 · NIAID · STATE UNIVERSITY NEW YORK STONY BROOK · PI DEL POETA, MAURIZIO · 2004 to 2013
$2.7M
Identification of new compounds against fungal microbesR21AI100631 · NIAID · STATE UNIVERSITY NEW YORK STONY BROOK · PI DEL POETA, MAURIZIO · 2013 to 2014
$425k
Role of host spingolipids against fungal infectionsI01BX002624 · VA · NORTHPORT VA MEDICAL CENTER · PI Maurizio Del Poeta · 2016 to 2026
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BLRD VA I01 BX002624NIAID NIH HHS AI100631NIAID NIH HHS AI56168NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI056168NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI116420NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI100631
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fungal infections are emerging as a major problem in part due to high mortality associated with systemic infections, especially in the case of immunocompromised patients. With the development of new treatments for diseases such as cancer and the acquired immune deficiency syndrome pandemic, the number of immunosuppressed patients has increased and, as a consequence, also the number of invasive fungal infections has increased. Several studies have proposed new strategies for the development of effective fungal vaccines. In addition, better understanding of how the immune system works against fungal pathogens has improved the further development of these new vaccination strategies. As a result, some fungal vaccines have advanced through clinical trials. However, there are still many challenges that prevent the clinical development of fungal vaccines that can efficiently immunise subjects at risk of developing invasive fungal infections. In this review, we will discuss these new vaccination strategies and the challenges that they present. In the future with proper investments, fungal vaccines may soon become a reality.

Indexed as

Adaptive ImmunityClinical Trials as TopicFungal VaccinesHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansImmunity, InnateImmunocompromised HostMycosesTechnology, PharmaceuticalVaccinationFungal Vaccines

Identifiers

PMID26602871
PMCPMC4708015
OpenAlexW2278782665

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