Camila Boniche

Mrs. Camila Boniche

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Academic Career Length

7Years (2020-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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29 February 2020 in Journal of Fungi
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CBCamila Boniche
Camila Boniche
SRSuélen Andreia Rossi
Suélen Andreia Rossi
BKBrenda Kischkel
Brenda Kischkel
FBFilipe Vieira Barbalho
Filipe Vieira Barbalho
AMAgata Nogueira D'Áurea Moura
Agata Nogueira D'Áurea Moura
Carlos TabordaCarlos Taborda
Carlos Taborda
The increasing incidence in systemic fungal infections in humans has increased focus for the development of fungal vaccines and use of monoclonal antibodies. Invasive mycoses are generally difficult to treat, as most occur in vulnerable individuals, with compromised innate and adaptive immune responses. Mortality rates in the setting of our current antifungal drugs remain excessively high. Moreover, systemic mycoses require prolonged durations of antifungal treatment and side effects frequently occur, particularly drug-induced liver and/or kidney injury. The use of monoclonal antibodies with or without concomitant administration of antifungal drugs emerges as a potentially efficient treatment modality to improve outcomes and reduce chemotherapy toxicities. In this review, we focus on the use of monoclonal antibodies with experimental evidence on the reduction of fungal burden and prolongation of survival in in vivo disease models. Presently, there are no licensed monoclonal antibodies for use in the treatment of systemic mycoses, although the potential of such a vaccine is very high as indicated by the substantial promising results from several experimental models.