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ReviewJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Reinforcing the Immunocompromised Host Defense against Fungi: Progress beyond the Current State of the Art.

Georgios Karavalakis, Evangelia Yannaki, Anastasia Papadopoulou

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In one paragraph

Review in Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 32% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Repositioning Antimicrobial Peptides Against WHO-Priority Fungi.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  7. Special Issue: Host Defense against Fungi.Journal 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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Georgios KaravalakisHematology Department-Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Unit, Gene and Cell Therapy Center, "George Papanikolaou" Hospital, 57010 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Evangelia YannakiHematology Department-Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Unit, Gene and Cell Therapy Center, "George Papanikolaou" Hospital, 57010 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Anastasia PapadopoulouHematology Department-Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Unit, Gene and Cell Therapy Center, "George Papanikolaou" Hospital, 57010 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-5385-8738
G. Papanikolaou General Hospital · GRUniversity of Washington · US

Funding

Research, Technology Development and Innovation (RTDI) State Aid Action "RESEARCH - CREATE - INNOVATE". TRANSCELL
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite the availability of a variety of antifungal drugs, opportunistic fungal infections still remain life-threatening for immunocompromised patients, such as those undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation or solid organ transplantation. Suboptimal efficacy, toxicity, development of resistant variants and recurrent episodes are limitations associated with current antifungal drug therapy. Adjunctive immunotherapies reinforcing the host defense against fungi and aiding in clearance of opportunistic pathogens are continuously gaining ground in this battle. Here, we review alternative approaches for the management of fungal infections going beyond the state of the art and placing an emphasis on fungus-specific T cell immunotherapy. Harnessing the power of T cells in the form of adoptive immunotherapy represents the strenuous protagonist of the current immunotherapeutic approaches towards combating invasive fungal infections. The progress that has been made over the last years in this field and remaining challenges as well, will be discussed.

Indexed as

fungal infectionsfungus-specific T cellsT cell immunotherapy

Identifiers

PMID34204025
PMCPMC8228486
OpenAlexW3167015809

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Registered trials

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