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ArticlePLoS pathogens2023

Host populations, challenges, and commercialization of cryptococcal vaccines.

Maurizio Del Poeta, Floyd L Wormley, Xiaorong Lin

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Article in PLoS pathogens, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

14 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Lack of an atypical PDR transporter generates an immunogenicbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  11. Antifungal Resistance in Cryptococcal Infections.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  12. Vaccine Strategies for Cryptococcus neoformans.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2024
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  13. Cryptococcal meningitis.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2023
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  14. Metals and the cell surface of Cryptococcus neoformans.Current opinion in microbiology · 2023
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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 3 institutions in 1 country.

Maurizio Del PoetaDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America.
Floyd L WormleyDepartment of Biology, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America.
Xiaorong LinDepartment of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-3390-8387
Northport VA Medical Center · USTexas Christian University · USUniversity of Georgia · US

Funding

New antifungals targeting the synthesis of fungal sphingolipidsR01AI116420 · NIAID · STATE UNIVERSITY NEW YORK STONY BROOK · PI Maurizio Del Poeta · 2016 to 2026
$7.6M
Lipid-mediated fungal pathogenesisR01AI125770 · NIAID · STATE UNIVERSITY NEW YORK STONY BROOK · PI DEL POETA, MAURIZIO · 2016 to 2025
$6.2M
Defining the genetic network governing cryptococcal morphological transitionR01AI140719 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA · PI Xiaorong Lin · 2018 to 2026
$4.1M
Sphingosine-1-phosphate and cryptococcosisR01AI136934 · NIAID · STATE UNIVERSITY NEW YORK STONY BROOK · PI DEL POETA, MAURIZIO · 2018 to 2022
$2.5M
Systematic investigation of GPI-anchored mannoproteins in Cryptococcus neoformansR21AI150641 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA · PI LIN, XIAORONG · 2020 to 2021
$415k
BLRD Research Career Scientist Award ApplicationIK6BX005386 · VA · NORTHPORT VA MEDICAL CENTER · PI DEL POETA, MAURIZIO · 2021 to 2025
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Role of host spingolipids against fungal infectionsI01BX002624 · VA · NORTHPORT VA MEDICAL CENTER · PI Maurizio Del Poeta · 2016 to 2026
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vaccines are one of the most effective public health tools to prevent and manage infectious diseases. Since the first clinical use of vaccines in the late 18th century, many vaccines have been successfully developed to combat bacterial and viral infections, including the most recent Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. However, there remains no vaccine that is clinically available to treat or prevent invasive fungal diseases, including cryptococcal meningoencephalitis. This fungal disease is uniformly fatal without treatment and has a global mortality rate of over 70%. Despite a dire need for an effective cryptococcal vaccine, there are many scientific and economic challenges to overcome prior to making it a reality. Here, we discuss some of these challenges as well as steps that the community is taking for commercialization of effective cryptococcal vaccines.

Indexed as

Communicable DiseasesCOVID-19Cryptococcus neoformansMycosesVaccinesViral VaccinesHumansVaccinesViral Vaccines

Identifiers

PMID36757929
PMCPMC9910758
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