Evidence map›Paper›PMID 28752813›Full record

ReviewMicrobiology spectrum2017

Fungal Recognition and Host Defense Mechanisms.

I M Dambuza, S M Levitz, M G Netea, G D Brown

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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 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

21 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Fungal Infections in Disorders of Inborn Errors of Immunity.Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology · 2026
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  2. Protein kinase A signaling regulates immune evasion by shaving and concealing fungal β-1,3-glucan.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  6. Impact of secreted glucanases upon the cell surface and fitness ofCell surface (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2024
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  8. A COmBio · 2024
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  11. Impact of changes at theCell surface (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2022
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  14. Special Issue: Host Defense against Fungi.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

I M DambuzaMRC Centre for Medical Mycology, Aberdeen Fungal Group, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB252ZD, United Kingdom.
S M LevitzDepartment of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605.
M G NeteaDepartment of Internal Medicine and Radboud Center for Infectious Diseases (RCI), Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
G D BrownMRC Centre for Medical Mycology, Aberdeen Fungal Group, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB252ZD, United Kingdom.

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/N006364/1Wellcome Trust 102705/Z/13/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fungi have emerged as premier opportunistic microbes of the 21st century, having a considerable impact on human morbidity and mortality. The huge increase in incidence of these diseases is largely due to the HIV pandemic and use of immunosuppressive therapies, underscoring the importance of the immune system in defense against fungi. This article will address how the mammalian immune system recognizes and mounts a defense against medically relevant fungal species.

Indexed as

AnimalsFungiHumansImmunity, InnateMycosesOpportunistic Infections

Identifiers

PMID28752813
PMCPMC11687525

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