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ArticleInfection and immunity2018

Candidalysin Drives Epithelial Signaling, Neutrophil Recruitment, and Immunopathology at the Vaginal Mucosa.

Jonathan P Richardson, Hubertine M E Willems, David L Moyes, Saeed Shoaie, Katherine S Barker, Shir Lynn Tan, Glen E Palmer, Bernhard Hube, Julian R Naglik, Brian M Peters

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Article in Infection and immunity, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 128 papers.

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128citing papers in PubMed
10.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

128 citing papers in PubMed, 173 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Jonathan P Richardson *King's College London, Division of Mucosal and Salivary Biology, London, United Kingdom.
Hubertine M E Willems *University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
David L MoyesKing's College London, Division of Mucosal and Salivary Biology, London, United Kingdom.
Saeed ShoaieKing's College London, Centre for Host-Microbiome Interactions, London, United Kingdom.
Katherine S BarkerUniversity of Tennessee Health Science Center, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Shir Lynn TanKing's College London, Division of Mucosal and Salivary Biology, London, United Kingdom.
Glen E PalmerUniversity of Tennessee Health Science Center, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Bernhard HubeDepartment of Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms, Hans Knöll Institute, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Jena, Germany.
Julian R NaglikKing's College London, Division of Mucosal and Salivary Biology, London, United Kingdom julian.naglik@kcl.ac.uk brian.peters@uthsc.edu.
Brian M PetersUniversity of Tennessee Health Science Center, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Memphis, Tennessee, USA julian.naglik@kcl.ac.uk brian.peters@uthsc.edu.
King's College London · GBUniversity of Tennessee Health Science Center · USFriedrich Schiller University Jena · DE

Funding

A novel role for the inflammasome in the immunopathogenesis of Candida vaginitisK22AI110541 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR · PI PETERS, BRIAN M · 2016 to 2017
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Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/N014677/1Medical Research Council MR/J008303/1Medical Research Council MR/M011372/1NIAID NIH HHS K22 AI110541
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Unlike other forms of candidiasis, vulvovaginal candidiasis, caused primarily by the fungal pathogen

Indexed as

AnimalsCandida albicansCandidiasis, VulvovaginalCytokinesEpithelial CellsFemaleFungal ProteinsHumansMiceMucous MembraneNeutrophil InfiltrationSignal TransductionVaginaVirulence FactorsCytokinesECE1 protein, Candida albicansFungal ProteinsVirulence FactorsCandidaCandidalysinepithelial cellsimmunopathogenesismucosal immunitymucosal pathogensmycologyvaginitisvulvovaginal

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PMID29109176
PMCPMC5778364
OpenAlexW2767659580

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