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ArticleNature communications2020

A conserved regulator controls asexual sporulation in the fungal pathogen Candida albicans.

Arturo Hernández-Cervantes, Sadri Znaidi, Lasse van Wijlick, Iryna Denega, Virginia Basso, Jeanne Ropars, Natacha Sertour, Derek Sullivan, Gary Moran, Louise Basmaciyan and 8 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 31% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 17 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

18 authors at 11 institutions in 6 countries.

Arturo Hernández-CervantesUnité Biologie et Pathogénicité Fongiques, Institut Pasteur, USC, 2019 INRA, Paris, France.
Sadri ZnaidiUnité Biologie et Pathogénicité Fongiques, Institut Pasteur, USC, 2019 INRA, Paris, France.ORCID 0000-0001-9238-2218
Lasse van WijlickUnité Biologie et Pathogénicité Fongiques, Institut Pasteur, USC, 2019 INRA, Paris, France.ORCID 0000-0001-5222-1866
Iryna DenegaUnité Biologie et Pathogénicité Fongiques, Institut Pasteur, USC, 2019 INRA, Paris, France.ORCID 0000-0001-8565-9709
Virginia BassoUnité Biologie et Pathogénicité Fongiques, Institut Pasteur, USC, 2019 INRA, Paris, France.ORCID 0000-0001-6078-3439
Jeanne RoparsUnité Biologie et Pathogénicité Fongiques, Institut Pasteur, USC, 2019 INRA, Paris, France.ORCID 0000-0002-3740-9673
Natacha SertourUnité Biologie et Pathogénicité Fongiques, Institut Pasteur, USC, 2019 INRA, Paris, France.
Derek SullivanDublin Dental University Hospital and School of Dental Science, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, 2, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0003-0195-9697
Gary MoranDublin Dental University Hospital and School of Dental Science, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, 2, Ireland.
Louise BasmaciyanUMR PAM, Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, AgroSup Dijon - Equipe VAIMiS, Dijon, France.
Fabienne BonUMR PAM, Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, AgroSup Dijon - Equipe VAIMiS, Dijon, France.
Frédéric DalleUMR PAM, Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, AgroSup Dijon - Equipe VAIMiS, Dijon, France.
Marie-Elisabeth BougnouxUnité Biologie et Pathogénicité Fongiques, Institut Pasteur, USC, 2019 INRA, Paris, France.
Teun BoekhoutWesterdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-0476-3609
Ying YangBeijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, 100850, China.
Zongwei LiCenter for Hospital Infection Control, Institute for Disease Control & Prevention, Beijing, 100071, China.
Sophie Bachellier-BassiUnité Biologie et Pathogénicité Fongiques, Institut Pasteur, USC, 2019 INRA, Paris, France. sophie.bachellier-bassi@pasteur.fr.ORCID 0000-0003-3970-4825
Christophe d'EnfertUnité Biologie et Pathogénicité Fongiques, Institut Pasteur, USC, 2019 INRA, Paris, France. christophe.denfert@pasteur.fr.ORCID 0000-0002-6235-3886
Institut Pasteur · FRProcédés Alimentaires et Microbiologiques · FRTrinity College Dublin · IEBeijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control · CNBeijing Radiation Center · CNCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRHôpital Necker-Enfants Malades · FRInserm · FRTunis University · TNUniversity of Southern California · USWesterdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transcription factor Rme1 is conserved among ascomycetes and regulates meiosis and pseudohyphal growth in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The genome of the meiosis-defective pathogen Candida albicans encodes an Rme1 homolog that is part of a transcriptional circuitry controlling hyphal growth. Here, we use chromatin immunoprecipitation and genome-wide expression analyses to study a possible role of Rme1 in C. albicans morphogenesis. We find that Rme1 binds upstream and activates the expression of genes that are upregulated during chlamydosporulation, an asexual process leading to formation of large, spherical, thick-walled cells during nutrient starvation. RME1 deletion abolishes chlamydosporulation in three Candida species, whereas its overexpression bypasses the requirement for chlamydosporulation cues and regulators. RME1 expression levels correlate with chlamydosporulation efficiency across clinical isolates. Interestingly, RME1 displays a biphasic pattern of expression, with a first phase independent of Rme1 function and dependent on chlamydospore-inducing cues, and a second phase dependent on Rme1 function and independent of chlamydospore-inducing cues. Our results indicate that Rme1 plays a central role in chlamydospore development in Candida species.

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, FungalAnimalsCandida albicansCandidemiaFemaleFungal ProteinsGene Expression ProfilingMice, Inbred BALB CSpores, FungalFungal Proteins

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PMID33277479
PMCPMC7718266
OpenAlexW3110407759

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