{"title":"mSphere of Influence: Seeking the unseen fungi in tumors.","authors":"Ning-Ning Liu","doi":"10.1128/msphere.00988-24","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Ningning Liu works in the field of fungal infection and cancer progression, with a particular focus on the mechanism of host-pathogen interaction. In this mSphere of influence article, he reflects on how papers entitled \"The fungal mycobiome promotes pancreatic oncogenesis via activation of MBL,\" by B. Aykut, S. Pushalkar, R. Chen, Q. Li, et al. (Nature 574:264-267, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1608-2), and \"A pan-cancer mycobiome analysis reveals fungal involvement in gastrointestinal and lung tumors,\" by A. B. Dohlman, J. Klug, M. Mesko, I. H. Gao, et al. (Cell 185:3807-3822.E12, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2022.09.015), emphasized the non-negligible role of fungi in the host and demonstrated a connection between fungi and cancer. These researches arouse his interest in seeking the novel fungal pathogen lurking inside tumors and understanding the unexplored mechanisms behind the severe fungal infections in cancer patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":19052,"journal":{"name":"mSphere","volume":" ","pages":"e0098824"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7000,"publicationDate":"2025-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"mSphere","FirstCategoryId":"99","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1128/msphere.00988-24","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"MICROBIOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Ningning Liu works in the field of fungal infection and cancer progression, with a particular focus on the mechanism of host-pathogen interaction. In this mSphere of influence article, he reflects on how papers entitled "The fungal mycobiome promotes pancreatic oncogenesis via activation of MBL," by B. Aykut, S. Pushalkar, R. Chen, Q. Li, et al. (Nature 574:264-267, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1608-2), and "A pan-cancer mycobiome analysis reveals fungal involvement in gastrointestinal and lung tumors," by A. B. Dohlman, J. Klug, M. Mesko, I. H. Gao, et al. (Cell 185:3807-3822.E12, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2022.09.015), emphasized the non-negligible role of fungi in the host and demonstrated a connection between fungi and cancer. These researches arouse his interest in seeking the novel fungal pathogen lurking inside tumors and understanding the unexplored mechanisms behind the severe fungal infections in cancer patients.
期刊介绍:
mSphere™ is a multi-disciplinary open-access journal that will focus on rapid publication of fundamental contributions to our understanding of microbiology. Its scope will reflect the immense range of fields within the microbial sciences, creating new opportunities for researchers to share findings that are transforming our understanding of human health and disease, ecosystems, neuroscience, agriculture, energy production, climate change, evolution, biogeochemical cycling, and food and drug production. Submissions will be encouraged of all high-quality work that makes fundamental contributions to our understanding of microbiology. mSphere™ will provide streamlined decisions, while carrying on ASM''s tradition for rigorous peer review.