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ArticleCell host & microbe2022

Deep tissue infection by an invasive human fungal pathogen requires lipid-based suppression of the IL-17 response.

Pauline Basso, Eric V Dang, Anatoly Urisman, Leah E Cowen, Hiten D Madhani, Suzanne M Noble

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Article in Cell host & microbe, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  5. ThemBio · 2024
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  6. The pathobiology of human fungal infections.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2024
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  7. Infection and immunity · 2023
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  8. The IL-17 family in diseases: from bench to bedside.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Pauline BassoDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA. Electronic address: pauline.basso@ucsf.edu.
Eric V DangDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
Anatoly UrismanDepartment of Pathology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Leah E CowenDepartment of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5G 1M1, Canada.
Hiten D MadhaniDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
Suzanne M NobleDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA. Electronic address: suzanne.noble@ucsf.edu.
University of California, San Francisco · USUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

Systematic Analysis of Morphogenesis, Commensalism, and Virulence in a Leading Human Fungal PathogenR01AI127375 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO · PI LEAH Elizabeth Cowen · 2017 to 2026
$5.3M
Manipulation of macrophage polarization by a fungal meningitis pathogenR01AI165541 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI MADHANI, HITEN D, MOLOFSKY, ARI B · 2022 to 2025
$3.2M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI127375NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI165541
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Candida albicans is the most common cause of fungal infection in humans. IL-17 is critical for defense against superficial fungal infections, but the role of this response in invasive disease is less understood. We show that C. albicans secretes a lipase, Lip2, that facilitates invasive disease via lipid-based suppression of the IL-17 response. Lip2 was identified as an essential virulence factor in a forward genetic screen in a mouse model of bloodstream infection. Murine infection with C. albicans strains lacking Lip2 display exaggerated IL-17 responses that lead to fungal clearance from solid organs and host survival. Both IL-17 signaling and lipase activity are required for Lip2-mediated suppression. Lip2 inhibits IL-17 production indirectly by suppressing IL-23 production by tissue-resident dendritic cells. The lipase hydrolysis product, palmitic acid, similarly suppresses dendritic cell activation in vitro. Thus, C. albicans suppresses antifungal IL-17 defense in solid organs by altering the tissue lipid milieu.

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Candida albicansInterleukin-17AnimalsAntifungal AgentsFungal ProteinsHumansLipaseLipidsMiceAntifungal AgentsFungal ProteinsInterleukin-17LipaseLipidsCandida albicansfungal pathogenesisIL-17virulence factor

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PMID36323314
PMCPMC9744107
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