Evidence map›Paper›PMID 27459018›Full record

ReviewVirulence2017

Antifungal adjuvants: Preserving and extending the antifungal arsenal.

Arielle Butts, Glen E Palmer, P David Rogers

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Review in Virulence, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
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  4. New perspectives on the topical management of recurrent candidiasis.Drug delivery and translational research · 2021
    Review
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  9. Antifungal Drug Repurposing.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020
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  14. Phosphate is the third nutrient monitored by TOR inProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Arielle Buttsa Department of Clinical Pharmacy , University of Tennessee Health Science Center , Memphis , TN , USA.
Glen E Palmera Department of Clinical Pharmacy , University of Tennessee Health Science Center , Memphis , TN , USA.
P David Rogersa Department of Clinical Pharmacy , University of Tennessee Health Science Center , Memphis , TN , USA.

Funding

Novel Azole Resistance Mechanisms in Candida albicansR01AI058145 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR · PI ROGERS, P. DAVID · 2005 to 2021
$5.8M
Molecular and chemical validation of the vacuole as a new antifungal targetR01AI099080 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR · PI PALMER, GLEN · 2014 to 2018
$1.9M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI058145NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI099080
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As the rates of systemic fungal infections continue to rise and antifungal drug resistance becomes more prevalent, there is an urgent need for new therapeutic options. This issue is exacerbated by the limited number of systemic antifungal drug classes. However, the discovery, development, and approval of novel antifungals is an extensive process that often takes decades. For this reason, there is growing interest and research into the possibility of combining existing therapies with various adjuvants that either enhance activity or overcome existing mechanisms of resistance. Reports of antifungal adjuvants range from plant extracts to repurposed compounds, to synthetic peptides. This approach would potentially prolong the utility of currently approved antifungals and mitigate the ongoing development of resistance.

Indexed as

Drug SynergismAntifungal AgentsCandidaCandidiasisDrug DiscoveryDrug RepositioningDrug Resistance, FungalDrug Therapy, CombinationHumansMycosesPeptidesPlant ExtractsAntifungal AgentsPeptidesPlant Extractsantifungalschemosensitizercombination therapyresistancesynergy

Identifiers

PMID27459018
PMCPMC5354161

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