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ArticlemSphere2021

Host Lung Environment Limits Aspergillus fumigatus Germination through an SskA-Dependent Signaling Response.

Marina E Kirkland, McKenzie Stannard, Caitlin H Kowalski, Dallas Mould, Alayna Caffrey-Carr, Rachel M Temple, Brandon S Ross, Lotus A Lofgren, Jason E Stajich, Robert A Cramer and 1 more

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Article in mSphere, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
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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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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

10 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
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  3. Review of the Microbial Spectrum of Mixed Respiratory Fungal Infections.Journal of epidemiology and global health · 2026
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  6. Recent developments inMicrobiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Marina E KirklandGeisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA.
McKenzie StannardGeisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA.
Caitlin H KowalskiGeisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA.
Dallas MouldGeisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA.
Alayna Caffrey-CarrGeisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA.
Rachel M TempleGeisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA.
Brandon S RossGeisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA.
Lotus A LofgrenDepartment of Microbiology & Plant Pathology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, USA.
Jason E StajichDepartment of Microbiology & Plant Pathology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7591-0020
Robert A CramerGeisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5503-5006
Joshua J ObarGeisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4068-7911

Funding

IMMUNOBIOLOGY OF MYELOID AND LYMPHOID CELLST32AI007363 · NIAID · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI Claudia V Jakubzick · 1990 to 2026
$9.5M
TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH COREP30GM106394 · NIGMS · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI STANTON, BRUCE A. · 2013 to 2017
$6.1M
Center for Molecular, Cellular, and Translational ImmunologyP30GM103415 · NIGMS · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI GREEN, WILLIAM R · 2012 to 2015
$4.7M
Evolution of Aspergillus fumigatus virulenceR01AI130128 · NIAID · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI Robert Andrew Cramer · 2017 to 2026
$4.5M
Fungal spore sensing by MDA5 is necessary for antifungal immunity against Aspergillus fumigatusR01AI139133 · NIAID · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI JOSHUA J OBAR · 2019 to 2026
$3.6M
Dartmouth Cystic Fibrosis Training ProgramT32HL134598 · NHLBI · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI George A. O'Toole · 2017 to 2026
$1.7M
Fungal Collagen-Like Proteins Mediate Oxygen Acquisition and VirulenceF31AI138354 · NIAID · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI KOWALSKI, CAITLIN H. · 2018 to 2019
$90k
NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL134598NIAID NIH HHS F31 AI138354NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI130128NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI139133NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007363NIGMS NIH HHS P30 GM103415NIGMS NIH HHS P30 GM106394
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aspergillus fumigatus isolates display significant heterogeneity in growth, virulence, pathology, and inflammatory potential in multiple murine models of invasive aspergillosis. Previous studies have linked the initial germination of a fungal isolate in the airways to the inflammatory and pathological potential, but the mechanism(s) regulating A. fumigatus germination in the airways is unresolved. To explore the genetic basis for divergent germination phenotypes, we utilized a serial passaging strategy in which we cultured a slow germinating strain (AF293) in a murine-lung-based medium for multiple generations. Through this serial passaging approach, a strain emerged with an increased germination rate that induces more inflammation than the parental strain (herein named LH-EVOL for

Indexed as

AnimalsAspergillus fumigatusFungal ProteinsInflammationLungMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMitogen-Activated Protein KinasesOsmotic PressureSignal TransductionVirulenceFungal ProteinsMitogen-Activated Protein KinasesaspergillosisAspergillus fumigatusgerminationinflammation

Identifiers

PMID34878292
PMCPMC8653827

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