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ArticleInfection and immunity2019

A Glucuronoxylomannan Epitope Exhibits Serotype-Specific Accessibility and Redistributes towards the Capsule Surface during Titanization of the Fungal Pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans.

Mark Probert, Xin Zhou, Margaret Goodall, Simon A Johnston, Ewa Bielska, Elizabeth R Ballou, Robin C May

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Article in Infection and immunity, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

17 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Meiosis-specific genes play roles in ploidy reduction inProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  5. Is Cryptococcus neoformans a pleomorphic fungus?Current opinion in microbiology · 2024
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  6. Antifungal Resistance in Cryptococcal Infections.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  11. Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2022
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  12. Titan Cells and Yeast Forms ofMicroorganisms · 2021
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  13. Associations betweenJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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  14. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020
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  16. Animal Models ofFrontiers in immunology · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mark ProbertInstitute of Microbiology and Infection, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Xin ZhouInstitute of Microbiology and Infection, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Margaret GoodallInstitute of Immunology and Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Simon A JohnstonDepartment of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
Ewa BielskaInstitute of Microbiology and Infection, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Elizabeth R BallouInstitute of Microbiology and Infection, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom e.r.ballou@bham.ac.uk r.c.may@bham.ac.uk.
Robin C MayInstitute of Microbiology and Infection, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom e.r.ballou@bham.ac.uk r.c.may@bham.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0001-5364-1838
University of Birmingham · GBUniversity of Sheffield · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/M014525/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/R008485/1National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research NC/R001472/1Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 211241/Z/18/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Disseminated infections with the fungal species

Indexed as

AnimalsAntibodies, FungalCryptococcosisCryptococcus neoformansEpitopesHumansMice, Inbred BALB CPolysaccharidesSerogroupSpecies SpecificityVirulenceAntibodies, FungalEpitopesglucuronoxylomannanPolysaccharidesantibodycapsuleCryptococcusfungalpathogen

Identifiers

PMID30670549
PMCPMC6434129
OpenAlexW2910803139

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