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Epistasis at the cell surface: what is the role of Erg3 loss-of-function in acquired echinocandin resistance?

Hans Carolus, Judith Díaz-García, Vladislav Biriukov, Stef Jacobs, Dimitrios Sofras, Alicia Pageau, Celia Lobo Romero, Lore Vinken, Pilar Escribano, Jesús Guinea and 4 more

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Article in mBio, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Hans CarolusDepartment of Biology, Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Flanders, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-1507-3475
Judith Díaz-GarcíaClinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-7216-8281
Vladislav BiriukovInstitute for Research in Biomedicine, Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-1297-1555
Stef JacobsDepartment of Biology, Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Flanders, Belgium.
Dimitrios SofrasDepartment of Biology, Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Flanders, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-1767-0831
Alicia PageauDépartement de Biochimie, de Microbiologie et de Bio-informatique, Faculté des Sciences et de Génie, Université Laval, Québec City, Canada.
Celia Lobo RomeroDepartment of Biology, Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Flanders, Belgium.
Lore VinkenDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Pilar EscribanoClinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-6254-4570
Jesús GuineaClinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain.
Katrien LagrouDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-8668-1350
Christian R LandryDépartement de Biochimie, de Microbiologie et de Bio-informatique, Faculté des Sciences et de Génie, Université Laval, Québec City, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-3028-6866
Toni GabaldónInstitute for Research in Biomedicine, Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain.
Patrick Van DijckDepartment of Biology, Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Flanders, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-1542-897X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Echinocandins, which target the fungal β-1,3-glucan synthase (Fks), are essential for treating invasive fungal infections, yet resistance is increasingly reported. While resistance typically arises through mutations in Fks hotspots, emerging evidence suggests a contributing role of changes in membrane sterol composition due to

Indexed as

Antifungal AgentsCandida glabrataDrug Resistance, FungalEchinocandinsEpistasis, GeneticFungal ProteinsGlucosyltransferasesLoss of Function MutationCandidiasisCell MembraneHumans1,3-beta-glucan synthaseAntifungal AgentsEchinocandinsFungal Proteinsglucan synthaseGlucosyltransferasesC-5 sterol desaturase (Erg3)Candida aurisCandida glabrataCandidozyma aurisdrug resistance mechanismsechinocandin resistanceechinocandinsepistasisfungal pathogensmultidrug resistanceNakaseomyces glabratussterolsβ‑1,3‑glucan synthase (Fks)

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