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ArticleJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Melanin as a Virulence Factor in Different Species of Genus

Elúzia C P Emidio, Martha E Urán J, Leandro B R Silva, Lucas S Dias, Mariana Doprado, Joshua D Nosanchuk, Carlos Pelleschi Taborda

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Article in Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 30% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Dismantling darkness: interdisciplinary perspectives on melanin degradation.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2026
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  5. Fungal Melanin and the Mammalian Immune System.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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  6. Updates inJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Elúzia C P EmidioInstituto de Ciencias Biomedicas, Departamento de Microbiologia, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo 05508-000, Brazil.
Martha E Urán JInstituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo, Laboratorio de Micologia Medica/LIM53, Departamento de Dermatologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo 05403-000, Brazil.
Leandro B R SilvaInstituto de Ciencias Biomedicas, Departamento de Microbiologia, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo 05508-000, Brazil.
Lucas S DiasInstituto de Ciencias Biomedicas, Departamento de Microbiologia, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo 05508-000, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-2344-1354
Mariana DopradoInstituto de Ciencias Biomedicas, Departamento de Microbiologia, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo 05508-000, Brazil.
Joshua D NosanchukDepartments of Medicine (Division of Infectious Diseases) and Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9905-5754
Carlos Pelleschi TabordaInstituto de Ciencias Biomedicas, Departamento de Microbiologia, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo 05508-000, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-9928-9809
Universidade de São Paulo · BRAlbert Einstein College of Medicine · US

Funding

Biology of Fungal MelaninR01AI052733 · NIAID · YESHIVA UNIVERSITY · PI CASADEVALL, ARTURO · 2003 to 2019
$6.6M
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico 420480/2018-8Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo 2016/08730-6Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo 2018/25171-6Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo 2019/20622-2NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI052733NIH HHS AI52733
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is a granulomatous systemic mycosis caused by the thermo-dimorphic fungi of the genus

Indexed as

ParacoccidioidesParacoccidioides spp. melaninparacoccidioidomycosisvirulence factor

Identifiers

PMID33213028
PMCPMC7712084
OpenAlexW3102016735

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