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ArticleThe Journal of infectious diseases2021

A Human Dectin-2 Deficiency Associated With Invasive Aspergillosis.

James S Griffiths, P Lewis White, Magdalena A Czubala, Elena Simonazzi, Mariolina Bruno, Aiysha Thompson, Pierre J Rizkallah, Mark Gurney, Diogo M da Fonseca, Julian R Naglik and 6 more

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Article in The Journal of infectious diseases, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Interplay of Cytokines and Chemokines in Aspergillosis.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

James S GriffithsDivision of Infection and Immunity and Systems Immunity Research Institute, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-7147-2465
P Lewis WhitePublic Health Wales Microbiology Cardiff, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
Magdalena A CzubalaDivision of Infection and Immunity and Systems Immunity Research Institute, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
Elena SimonazziDivision of Infection and Immunity and Systems Immunity Research Institute, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
Mariolina BrunoDepartment of Internal Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Aiysha ThompsonDivision of Infection and Immunity and Systems Immunity Research Institute, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
Pierre J RizkallahDivision of Infection and Immunity and Systems Immunity Research Institute, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
Mark GurneyDivision of Infection and Immunity and Systems Immunity Research Institute, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
Diogo M da FonsecaDivision of Infection and Immunity and Systems Immunity Research Institute, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
Julian R NaglikCentre for Host-Microbiome Interactions, Faculty of Dentistry, Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
Wendy IngramUniversity Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
Keith WilsonDivision of Infection and Immunity and Systems Immunity Research Institute, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
Frank L van de VeerdonkDepartment of Internal Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Rosemary BarnesUniversity Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
Philip R TaylorDivision of Infection and Immunity and Systems Immunity Research Institute, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
Selinda J OrrDivision of Infection and Immunity and Systems Immunity Research Institute, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
Cardiff University · GBUniversity Hospital of Wales · GBUK Dementia Research Institute · GBKing's College London · GBRadboud University Nijmegen · NLQueen's University Belfast · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/T009543/1Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 099953/Z/12/ZWellcome Trust 107964/Z/15/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immunocompromised patients are highly susceptible to invasive aspergillosis. Herein, we identified a homozygous deletion mutation (507 del C) resulting in a frameshift (N170I) and early stop codon in the fungal binding Dectin-2 receptor, in an immunocompromised patient. The mutated form of Dectin-2 was weakly expressed, did not form clusters at/near the cell surface and was functionally defective. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells from this patient were unable to mount a cytokine (tumor necrosis factor, interleukin 6) response to Aspergillus fumigatus, and this first identified Dectin-2-deficient patient died of complications of invasive aspergillosis.

Indexed as

Invasive Fungal InfectionsAntifungal AgentsAspergillosisAspergillus fumigatusFatal OutcomeHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansImmunocompromised HostLectins, C-TypeSequence DeletionAntifungal AgentsCLEC6A protein, humanLectins, C-TypeAspergillusCandidaCLRDectin-2fungal immunologyhost–pathogen interactionsinflammationinnate immunity

Identifiers

PMID33733279
PMCPMC8514184
OpenAlexW3138669518

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