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ArticlemBio2018

The Viscoelastic Properties of the Fungal Cell Wall Allow Traffic of AmBisome as Intact Liposome Vesicles.

Louise Walker, Prashant Sood, Megan D Lenardon, Gillian Milne, Jon Olson, Gerard Jensen, Julie Wolf, Arturo Casadevall, Jill Adler-Moore, Neil A R Gow

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Article in mBio, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 91 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
91citing papers in PubMed
15.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

91 citing papers in PubMed, 169 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

10 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Louise Walker *Aberdeen Fungal Group, Institute of Medical Sciences, Medical Research Council Centre for Medical Mycology at the University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-2236-8776
Prashant SoodAberdeen Fungal Group, Institute of Medical Sciences, Medical Research Council Centre for Medical Mycology at the University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, United Kingdom.
Megan D LenardonAberdeen Fungal Group, Institute of Medical Sciences, Medical Research Council Centre for Medical Mycology at the University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-9471-7402
Gillian MilneAberdeen Fungal Group, Institute of Medical Sciences, Medical Research Council Centre for Medical Mycology at the University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, United Kingdom.
Jon OlsonGilead Sciences Inc., San Dimas, California, USA.
Gerard JensenGilead Sciences Inc., San Dimas, California, USA.
Julie WolfDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA.
Arturo CasadevallDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9402-9167
Jill Adler-Moore *Cal Poly Pomona, Pomona, California, USA.
Neil A R GowAberdeen Fungal Group, Institute of Medical Sciences, Medical Research Council Centre for Medical Mycology at the University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, United Kingdom n.gow@abdn.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-2776-5850
University of Aberdeen · GBAlbert Einstein College of Medicine · USGilead Sciences (United States) · USCalifornia State Polytechnic University · US

Funding

Synergy of Host Defense Mechanisms in the LungR01HL059842 · NHLBI · YESHIVA UNIVERSITY · PI CASADEVALL, ARTURO · 1997 to 2023
$7.4M
Biology of Fungal MelaninR01AI052733 · NIAID · YESHIVA UNIVERSITY · PI CASADEVALL, ARTURO · 2003 to 2019
$6.6M
PROTECTIVE ANTIBODIES FOR CRYPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONSR01AI033774 · NIAID · YESHIVA UNIVERSITY · PI CASADEVALL, ARTURO · 1994 to 2014
$5.6M
Molecular Characterization of C. neoformans AntibodiesR37AI033142 · NIAID · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI CASADEVALL, ARTURO · 2007 to 2016
$3.9M
REGULATION OF GROWTH FACTOR ACTION IN MAMMALIAN CELLSF32CA008230 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE · PI ENRIGHT, JASMIN · 1987 to 1989
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Medical Research Council MR/J008230/1Medical Research Council MR/N006364/1NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL059842NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI033774NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI052733NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI033142Wellcome Trust 075470Wellcome Trust 080088Wellcome Trust 086827Wellcome Trust 097377Wellcome Trust 099215
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The fungal cell wall is a critically important structure that represents a permeability barrier and protective shield. We probed

Indexed as

ElasticityViscosityAmphotericin BAntifungal AgentsCandida albicansCell WallCryoelectron MicroscopyCryptococcus neoformansAmphotericin BAntifungal Agentsliposomal amphotericin Bamphotericin Bantifungal drugcell membranesfungal cell wallmannoproteins

Identifiers

PMID29437927
PMCPMC5801470
OpenAlexW2785544659

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