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ReviewAdvanced drug delivery reviews2023

DectiSomes: C-type lectin receptor-targeted liposomes as pan-antifungal drugs.

Richard B Meagher, Zachary A Lewis, Suresh Ambati, Xiaorong Lin

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Review in Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2023. 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
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Altering the ligand specificity of DectiSomes.The Journal of biological chemistry · 2025
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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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Richard B MeagherDepartment of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
Zachary A LewisDepartment of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA; Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
Suresh AmbatiDepartment of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
Xiaorong LinDepartment of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA. Electronic address: Xiaorong.Lin@uga.edu.
University of Georgia · US

Funding

Targeted Pan-Antifungal LiposomesR01AI162989 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA · PI Zachary Lewis, Richard Brian Meagher · 2022 to 2026
$2.6M
Antifungal Liposomes Targeted to Cell Wall MannansR21AI148890 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA · PI MEAGHER, RICHARD BRIAN · 2020 to 2021
$415k
Targeted delivery of antifungal drug loaded liposomes to control mucormycosisR21AI171787 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA · PI MEAGHER, RICHARD BRIAN · 2022 to 2023
$415k
Antifungal ImunoliposomesR21AI144498 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA · PI MEAGHER, RICHARD BRIAN · 2019 to 2020
$415k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI162989NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI144498NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI148890NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI171787
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Combatting the ever-increasing threat from invasive fungal pathogens faces numerous fundamental challenges, including constant human exposure to large reservoirs of species in the environment, the increasing population of immunocompromised or immunosuppressed individuals, the unsatisfactory efficacy of current antifungal drugs and their associated toxicity, and the scientific and economic barriers limiting a new antifungal pipeline. DectiSomes represent a new drug delivery platform that enhances antifungal efficacy for diverse fungal pathogens and reduces host toxicity for current and future antifungals. DectiSomes employ pathogen receptor proteins - C-type lectins - to target drug-loaded liposomes to conserved fungal cognate ligands and away from host cells. DectiSomes represent one leap forward for urgently needed effective pan-antifungal therapy. Herein, we discuss the problems of battling fungal diseases and the state of DectiSome development.

Indexed as

Antifungal AgentsMycosesHumansLectins, C-TypeLiposomesAntifungal AgentsLectins, C-TypeLiposomesAntifungalsDectinsFungal pathogensTargeted drug deliveryTherapeutics

Identifiers

PMID36934519
PMCPMC10133202
OpenAlexW4327709914

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