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Dancing cheek to cheek: Cryptococcus neoformans and phagocytes

Overview of attention for article published in SpringerPlus, August 2015
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Title
Dancing cheek to cheek: Cryptococcus neoformans and phagocytes
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SpringerPlus, August 2015
DOI 10.1186/s40064-015-1192-3
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Mingshun Zhang, Donglei Sun, Meiqing Shi

Abstract

Meningoencephalitis caused by Cryptococcus neoformans (Cn) has become one of the leading causes of mortality in AIDS patients. Understanding the interactions between Cn and phagocytes is fundamental in exploring the pathogenicity of cryptococcal meningoencephalitis. Cn may be extracellular or contained in the monocytes, macrophages, neutrophils, dendritic cells and even endothelial cells. The internalized Cn may proliferate inside the host cells, or cause the lysis of host cells, or leave the host cells via non-lytic exocytosis, or even hijack the host cells (Trojan horse) for the brain dissemination, which are regulated by microbe factors and also immune molecules. Coexistence of protective and deleterious roles of phagocytes in the progression of cryptococcosis warrant further investigation.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Brazil 1 3%
Unknown 35 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 7 19%
Student > Bachelor 7 19%
Student > Ph. D. Student 6 17%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 8%
Researcher 3 8%
Other 7 19%
Unknown 3 8%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 13 36%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 8 22%
Immunology and Microbiology 5 14%
Medicine and Dentistry 2 6%
Computer Science 1 3%
Other 1 3%
Unknown 6 17%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 14 August 2015.
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#14,821,227
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#835
of 1,851 outputs
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#145,819
of 264,494 outputs
Outputs of similar age from SpringerPlus
#56
of 125 outputs
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