Evidence map›Paper›PMID 32708830›Full record

ReviewCells2020

Experimental Models for Fungal Keratitis: An Overview of Principles and Protocols.

Micaela L Montgomery, Kevin K Fuller

Abstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Cells, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
22citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

22 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. A 3DmSphere · 2025
    Article
  3. Review
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. The Dual PathogenJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
    Review
  7. Article
  8. Antifungal susceptibility, clinical findings, and biofilm resistance of Fusarium species causing keratitis: a challenge for disease control.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2025
    Article
  9. Immune Camouflage inClinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025
    Article
  10. Article
  11. Article
  12. Article
  13. Article
  14. Review
  15. Article
  16. Article
  17. Article
  18. Article
  19. Article
  20. Article
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

2 authors.

Micaela L MontgomeryDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA.
Kevin K FullerDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA.

Funding

P30-CENTER CORE GRANT FOR VISION RESEARCHP30EY021725 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HLTH SCIENCES CTR · PI Michelle C Callegan, MICHAEL H ELLIOTT · 2011 to 2026
$10.5M
Fungal virulence factors during corneal infectionsR21EY028677 · NEI · DARTMOUTH-HITCHCOCK CLINIC · PI FULLER, KEVIN K., ZEGANS, MICHAEL ERIC · 2018 to 2019
$448k
NEI NIH HHS P30 EY021725NEI NIH HHS R21 EY028677
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fungal keratitis is a potentially blinding infection of the cornea that afflicts diverse patient populations worldwide. The development of better treatment options requires a more thorough understanding of both microbial and host determinants of pathology, and a spectrum of experimental models have been developed toward this end. In vivo (animal) models most accurately capture complex pathological outcomes, but protocols may be challenging to implement and vary widely across research groups. In vitro models allow for the molecular dissection of specific host cell-fungal interactions, but they do so without the appropriate environmental/structural context; ex vivo (corneal explant) models provide the benefits of intact corneal tissue, but they do not provide certain pathological features, such as inflammation. In this review, we endeavor to outline the key features of these experimental models as well as describe key technical variations that could impact study design and outcomes.

Indexed as

AnimalsBiomedical ResearchDisease Models, AnimalEye Infections, FungalHumansKeratitisModels, BiologicalAspergillusCandidaex vivo modelsfungal keratitisFusariumin vitro modelsin vivo modelsmouse strain variability

Identifiers

PMID32708830
PMCPMC7408389

What Socratic holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.