ReviewMicrobiology spectrum2017
Skin Fungi from Colonization to Infection.
Review in Microbiology spectrum, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 47 citations in OpenAlex.
- Synergistic effects of Cyp51 isozyme-specific azole antifungal agents on fungi with multipleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy · 2025Article
- Dermatophyte infection: from fungal pathogenicity to host immune responses.Frontiers in immunology · 2023Review
- Towards standardized and reproducible research in skin microbiomes.Environmental microbiology · 2022Review
- Synergism between the Antidepressant Sertraline and Caspofungin as an Approach to Minimise the Virulence and Resistance in the DermatophyteJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- A Fun-Guide to Innate Immune Responses to Fungal Infections.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Evaluating the efficacy of anti-fungal blue light therapies via analyzing tissue section images.Lasers in medical science · 2022Article
- Secretory Proteases of the Human Skin Microbiome.Infection and immunity · 2022Article
- Recent Advances in the Allergic Cross-Reactivity between Fungi and Foods.Journal of immunology research · 2022Review
- [Malassezia spp.: interactions with topically applied lipids-a review : Malassezia and topically applied lipids].Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete · 2021Review
- State-of-the-Art Dermatophyte Infections: Epidemiology Aspects, Pathophysiology, and Resistance Mechanisms.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
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- Analysis on the pathogenic fungi in patients with superficial mycosis in the Northeastern China during 10 years.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2020Article
- Dynamics of Skin Mycobiome in Infants.Frontiers in microbiology · 2020Article
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- Skin Immunity to Dermatophytes: From Experimental Infection Models to Human Disease.Frontiers in immunology · 2020Review
- Approaches for Genetic Discoveries in the Skin Commensal and PathogenicFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2020Review
- The Skin Commensal Yeast Malassezia globosa Thwarts Bacterial Biofilms to Benefit the Host.The Journal of investigative dermatology · 2018Article
- Whole-Genome Analysis Illustrates Global Clonal Population Structure of the Ubiquitous Dermatophyte PathogenGenetics · 2018Article
- FKBP12-Dependent Inhibition of Calcineurin Mediates Immunosuppressive Antifungal Drug Action inmBio · 2017Article
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6 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.
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Abstract
Humans are exceptional among vertebrates in that their living tissue is directly exposed to the outside world. In the absence of protective scales, feathers, or fur, the skin has to be highly effective in defending the organism against the gamut of opportunistic fungi surrounding us. Most (sub)cutaneous infections enter the body by implantation through the skin barrier. On intact skin, two types of fungal expansion are noted: (A) colonization by commensals, i.e., growth enabled by conditions prevailing on the skin surface without degradation of tissue, and (B) infection by superficial pathogens that assimilate epidermal keratin and interact with the cellular immune system. In a response-damage framework, all fungi are potentially able to cause disease, as a balance between their natural predilection and the immune status of the host. For this reason, we will not attribute a fixed ecological term to each species, but rather describe them as growing in a commensal state (A) or in a pathogenic state (B).
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