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ReviewFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology2019

The cAMP/Protein Kinase a Pathway Regulates Virulence and Adaptation to Host Conditions in

Mélissa Caza, James W Kronstad

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Review in Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 62 papers.

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62citing papers in PubMed
11.5field-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

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

62 citing papers in PubMed, 119 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. 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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  14. Assessing the Anti-Cryptococcus Antifungal Potential of Artemisinin.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  15. Meiosis-specific genes play roles in ploidy reduction inbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  16. The Role of Nutritional Environment inInfectious disease reports · 2025
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2 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mélissa CazaMichael Smith Laboratories, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
James W KronstadMichael Smith Laboratories, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre · CAUniversity of British Columbia · CA

Funding

Comparative and functional genomics of C. neoformansR01AI053721 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA · PI KRONSTAD, JAMES W · 2003 to 2024
$5.4M
CIHR MOP-13234NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI053721
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nutrient sensing is critical for adaptation of fungi to environmental and host conditions. The conserved cAMP/PKA signaling pathway contributes to adaptation by sensing the availability of key nutrients such as glucose and directing changes in gene expression and metabolism. Interestingly, the cAMP/PKA pathway in fungal pathogens also influences the expression of virulence determinants in response to nutritional and host signals. For instance, protein kinase A (PKA) in the human pathogen

Indexed as

Adaptation, PhysiologicalCryptococcosisCryptococcus neoformansCyclic AMPCyclic AMP-Dependent Protein KinasesGene Expression Regulation, FungalGlycolysisMelaninsMetabolic Networks and PathwaysModels, BiologicalNutrientsProteomicsSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSignal TransductionVirulenceVirulence FactorsCyclic AMPCyclic AMP-Dependent Protein KinasesMelaninsNutrientsVirulence FactorscAMP/PKA pathwaycapsulecryptococcusHOG pathwaymelaninnutrient sensingRIM pathwaytitan cells

Identifiers

PMID31275865
PMCPMC6592070
OpenAlexW2950501730

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