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ArticleNature2025

A polyene macrolide targeting phospholipids in the fungal cell membrane.

Qisen Deng, Yinchuan Li, Wenyan He, Tao Chen, Nan Liu, Lingman Ma, Zhixia Qiu, Zhuo Shang, Zongqiang Wang

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Article in Nature, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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33citing papers in PubMed
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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

33 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Innovation in antifungal therapy.EMBO molecular medicine · 2026
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  12. Genomic Insights and Antifungal Efficacy ofJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  13. Targeting the polyene chain represents an adjuvant strategy for optimizing polyene antifungals.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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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

9 authors.

Qisen Deng *State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China.
Yinchuan Li *State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China.
Wenyan HeState Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China.
Tao ChenState Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China.
Nan LiuSchool of Life Science and Technology, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China.
Lingman MaSchool of Life Science and Technology, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China.
Zhixia QiuDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China.
Zhuo ShangSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, China. zshang@email.sdu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-5755-2629
Zongqiang WangState Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China. zqwang02@cpu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-7121-0396

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The global spread of multidrug-resistant pathogenic fungi presents a serious threat to human health, necessitating the discovery of antifungals with unique modes of action

Indexed as

Antifungal AgentsCell MembraneFungiMacrolidesPhospholipidsAnimalsBiological ProductsDrug Resistance, Multiple, FungalHumansMiceMicrobial Sensitivity TestsMultigene FamilyPhylogenyPolyenesAntifungal AgentsBiological ProductsMacrolidesPhospholipidsPolyenes

Identifiers

PMID40108452
PMCPMC12003179

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