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ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2019

Fungal Quorum-Sensing Molecules and Inhibitors with Potential Antifungal Activity: A Review.

Arshad Mehmood, Guorong Liu, Xin Wang, Guannan Meng, Chengtao Wang, Ya Liu

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Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

54 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Arshad MehmoodBeijing Advance Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, Beijing Engineering and Technology Research Center of Food Additives, Beijing Technology and Business University (BTBU), Beijing 100048, China. arshadfst@yahoo.com.ORCID 0000-0002-2022-375X
Guorong LiuBeijing Advance Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, Beijing Engineering and Technology Research Center of Food Additives, Beijing Technology and Business University (BTBU), Beijing 100048, China. liuguorong@th.btbu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-8365-0671
Xin WangBeijing Advance Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, Beijing Engineering and Technology Research Center of Food Additives, Beijing Technology and Business University (BTBU), Beijing 100048, China. linda19727651@163.com.
Guannan MengBeijing Advance Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, Beijing Engineering and Technology Research Center of Food Additives, Beijing Technology and Business University (BTBU), Beijing 100048, China. mgn123456mgn@163.com.
Chengtao WangBeijing Advance Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, Beijing Engineering and Technology Research Center of Food Additives, Beijing Technology and Business University (BTBU), Beijing 100048, China. wangchengtao@th.btbu.edu.cn.
Ya LiuR&D Center of China Tobacco Yunnan Industrial Co. Ltd., Kunming 650202, China. 13888060463@163.com.

Funding

Beijing Natural Science Foundation Grant No. 6192003National Key Research and Development Program 2018YFD0400403National Natural Science Foundation of China NSFC, Grant No. 31571801 and 31871772
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The theory of persisting independent and isolated regarding microorganisms is no longer accepted. To survive and reproduce they have developed several communication platforms within the cells which facilitates them to adapt the surrounding environmental changes. This cell-to-cell communication is termed as quorum sensing; it relies upon the cell density and can stimulate several traits of microbes including biofilm formation, competence, and virulence factors secretion. Initially, this sophisticated mode of communication was discovered in bacteria; later, it was also confirmed in eukaryotes (fungi). As a consequence, many quorum-sensing molecules and inhibitors have been identified and characterized in various fungal species. In this review article, we will primarily focus on fungal quorum-sensing molecules and the production of inhibitors from fungal species with potential applications for combating fungal infections.

Indexed as

Antifungal AgentsFungiHumansMycosesQuorum SensingAntifungal Agentsantifungal activityfungiquorum sensingquorum-sensing inhibitorsquorum-sensing molecules

Identifiers

PMID31117232
PMCPMC6571750

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