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ArticleFrontiers in fungal biology2023

Antimicrobial effects of XF drugs against

E L Board-Davies, W Rhys-Williams, D Hynes, W G Love, D W Williams

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Article in Frontiers in fungal biology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 34% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Mini review: Persister cell control strategies.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025
    Review
  2. Bacterial persisters: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic development.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

E L Board-DaviesSchool of Dentistry, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
W Rhys-WilliamsDestiny Pharma plc, Brighton, United Kingdom.
D HynesDestiny Pharma plc, Brighton, United Kingdom.
W G LoveDestiny Pharma plc, Brighton, United Kingdom.
D W WilliamsSchool of Dentistry, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
Cardiff University · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Compared with antibiotics for treating bacterial infections, there are a limited number of antifungal agents. This is due to several factors, including the difficulties of identifying suitable antifungals that target the fungal cell without damaging host cells, and the reduced rates of diagnosis of fungal infections compared with those caused by bacteria. The problem of treating fungal infections is exacerbated by an increasing incidence of antifungal resistance among human fungal pathogens. Three XF drugs (XF-73, XF-70, and DPD-207) have previously displayed innate bactericidal effects and a low propensity for microbial resistance, with XF-73 and XF-70 having a second, light-activated mechanism of action [known as photodynamic therapy (PDT)]. In an effort to expand the repertoire of antifungal agents, this research assessed the

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antifungalsbiofilmsCandida albicansinfectionXF drugs

Identifiers

PMID37746123
PMCPMC10512275
OpenAlexW4386073944

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