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ArticleInfection and immunity2023

The Dual Benefit of Sulfasalazine on Pneumocystis Pneumonia-Related Immunopathogenesis and Antifungal Host Defense Does Not Require IL-4Rα-Dependent Macrophage Polarization.

Zhuo-Qian Zhang, Francis Gigliotti, Terry W Wright

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Article in Infection and immunity, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Zhuo-Qian ZhangDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, USA.
Francis GigliottiDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, USA.
Terry W WrightDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6531-2214
University of Rochester · US

Funding

Novel mechanisms of Alveolar Macrophage-Dependent Antifungal Innate ImmunityR01AI146035 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI WRIGHT, TERRY W · 2020 to 2024
$2.7M
Passive and Active Immunization for PneumocystisR01AI117288 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI GIGLIOTTI, FRANCIS · 2016 to 2020
$2.3M
Macrophage effector functions during respiratory fungal infectionR01HL113495 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI WRIGHT, TERRY W · 2012 to 2015
$1.5M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL113495NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI117288NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI146035
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pneumocystis is a respiratory fungal pathogen that is among the most frequent causes of life-threatening pneumonia (PcP) in immunocompromised hosts. Alveolar macrophages play an important role in host defense against Pneumocystis, and several studies have suggested that M2 polarized macrophages have anti-Pneumocystis effector activity. Our prior work found that the immunomodulatory drug sulfasalazine (SSZ) provides a dual benefit during PcP-related immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) by concurrently suppressing immunopathogenesis while also accelerating macrophage-mediated fungal clearance. The benefits of SSZ were associated with heightened Th2 cytokine production and M2 macrophage polarization. Therefore, to determine whether SSZ improves the outcome of PcP through a mechanism that requires Th2-dependent M2 polarization, RAG2

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PneumocystisPneumonia, PneumocystisAnimalsAntifungal AgentsMacrophagesMacrophages, AlveolarMiceSulfasalazineAntifungal AgentsSulfasalazineantifungal agentsimmunopathogenesismacrophagesopportunistic fungiPneumocystispulmonary functionsulfasalazine

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PMID36916933
PMCPMC10112227
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