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Phospholipids trigger Cryptococcus neoformans capsular enlargement during interactions with amoebae and macrophages. [PDF]

PLoS Pathogens, 2011
A remarkable aspect of the interaction of Cryptococcus neoformans with mammalian hosts is a consistent increase in capsule volume. Given that many aspects of the interaction of C.
Cara J Chrisman, Patricia Albuquerque, Allan J Guimaraes, Edward Nieves, Arturo Casadevall   +4 more
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Antifungal and Antibiofilm Efficacy of Paeonol Treatment Against Biofilms Comprising Candida albicans and/or Cryptococcus neoformans

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022
Fungal populations are commonly found in natural environments and present enormous health care challenges, due to increased resistance to antifungal agents.
Weidong Qian, Xinchen Li, Qiming Liu, Jiaxing Lu, Ting Wang, Qian Zhang   +5 more
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Genotypic diversity is associated with clinical outcome and phenotype in cryptococcal meningitis across Southern Africa [PDF]

, 2015
This work was supported by Wellcome Trust (UK) (www.wellcome.ac.uk) awards to TB (WT069991), GM (WT098316), and JNJ (WT081794); Medical Research Council (MRC UK) (www.mrc.ac.uk) awards to MCF (K000373/1), RCM (G0601171), TSH (G1002327); European Research
Fisher, Matthew C, Matthew C Fisher, Matthew C. Fisher (129755), Angela Loyse (292490), Meintjes, Graeme, Fisher, Matthew C., Emma J. Robertson (760738), Sabiiti, Wilber, O'Hanlon, SJ, O'Hanlon, Simon J, Joseph N Jarvis, Tihana Bicanic (718812), Thomas S. Harrison (222993), Fisher, MC, Karen M Fuentes-Cabrejo, Fuentes-Cabrejo, KM, Fuentes-Cabrejo, Karen M, Angela Loyse, Fisher, M, Harrison, Thomas S, Harrison, TS, Robertson, EJ, Simon J. O’Hanlon (760740), Loyse, Angela, Meintjes, G, Simon J O'Hanlon, Robin C May, Jarvis, Joseph N, Emma J Robertson, Wilber Sabiiti (170648), Thomas S Harrison, Mathew A. Beale (663616), Wilber Sabiiti, Robertson, Emma J, Joseph N. Jarvis (435279), Robertson, Emma J., Jarvis, JN, May, Robin C, Mathew A Beale, Karen M. Fuentes-Cabrejo (760739), Graeme Meintjes (221054), Beale, Mathew A, Tihana Bicanic, Sabiiti, W, Bicanic, T, May, RC, Loyse, A, May, Robin C; id_orcid, Bicanic, Tihana, Graeme Meintjes, Beale, MA, Robin C. May (170650)   +51 more
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Capsule independent uptake of the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans into brain microvascular endothelial cells. [PDF]

, 2012
Cryptococcosis is a life-threatening fungal disease with a high rate of mortality among HIV/AIDS patients across the world. The ability to penetrate the blood-brain barrier (BBB) is central to the pathogenesis of cryptococcosis, but the way in which this
May, Robin C, Wilber Sabiiti (170648), Sabiiti, Wilber, May, Robin; id_orcid, Sabiiti, W, May, RC, Robin C. May (170650), Wilber Sabiiti, Sabiiti Wilber, Robin C May, May Robin C.   +10 more
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Quimiotipagem do Cryptococcus neoformans. Revisão da literatura. Novos dados epidemiológicos sobre a criptococose. Nossa experiência com o emprego do meio de C.G.B. no estudo daquela levedura Biotyping of Cryptococcus neoformans. Review of the literature. New epidemiologic informations about cryptococcosis. Our experience with the utilization of C.G.B medium in this yeast

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1993
O presente trabalho, além da revisão da literatura sobre quimiotipagem do C. neoformans, com novos dados sobre a epidemiologia da criptococose, teve por finalidade principal a caracterização das duas variedades desta levedura em pacientes com ...
Natalina Takahashi de Melo, Carlos da Silva Lacaz, Cecília Eugênia Charbel, Amélia Dias Pereira, Elisabeth Maria Heins-Vaccari, Antonio Spina França-Netto, Luis dos Ramos Machado, José Antonio Livramento   +7 more
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Pulmonary Iron Limitation Induced by Exogenous Type I IFN Protects Mice from Cryptococcus gattii Independently of T Cells

mBio, 2019
Cryptococcus neoformans causes deadly mycosis primarily in AIDS patients, whereas Cryptococcus gattii infects mostly non-HIV patients, even in regions with high burdens of HIV/AIDS and an established environmental presence of C. gattii.
Michael J. Davis, Shannon Moyer, Elizabeth S. Hoke, Edward Sionov, Katrin D. Mayer-Barber, Dan L. Barber, Hongyi Cai, Lisa Jenkins, Peter J. Walter, Yun C. Chang, Kyung J. Kwon-Chung   +10 more
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Determinación in vitro de la pareja sexual en aislamientos del complejo Cryptococcus neoformans [PDF]

, 2007
Introducción. En el complejo Cryptococcus neoformans se reconocen dos especies y cinco serotipos: C. neoformans (var. grubii, serotipo A; var. neoformans, serotipo D y un híbrido, serotipo AD) y C. gattii (serotipos B y C).
Castañeda, Elizabeth, Popchai Ngamskulrungroj, Elizabeth Castañeda, Ngamskulrungroj, Popchai, Wieland Meyer, Escandón, Patricia, Patricia Escandón, Meyer, Wieland   +7 more
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The Role of Ceramide Synthases in the Pathogenicity of Cryptococcus neoformans

Cell Reports, 2018
Summary: Cryptococcus neoformans (C. neoformans) is estimated to cause about 220,000 new cases every year in patients with AIDS, despite advances in antifungal treatments. C.
Mansa A. Munshi, Justin M. Gardin, Ashutosh Singh, Chiara Luberto, Robert Rieger, Tejas Bouklas, Bettina C. Fries, Maurizio Del Poeta   +7 more
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Phenotypic Diversity of Cryptococcus neoformans var. neoformans Clinical Isolates from Localized and Disseminated Infections

Microorganisms, 2022
Cryptococcus neoformans var. neoformans is the second most prevalent agent of cryptococcosis in central Europe. Infections mostly present with localized skin and disseminated infections.
Zena M. Birkenfeld, Nikita Dittel, Thomas Harrer, Christoph Stephan, Albrecht F. Kiderlen, Volker Rickerts   +5 more
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Amoeba resistance QTL for C. neoformans and C. deneoformans.

, 2023
A. Manhattan plot representing the association between genotype and amoeba resistance in the C. neoformans mapping populations. The dotted line indicates the significance threshold by permutation. B.
Sheng Sun (142836), Joseph Heitman (22335), Robin C. May (6746873), Cullen Roth (748141), Debra Murray (3312825), Paul M. Magwene (8137656), Thomas J. C. Sauters (17382864), Anna Floyd Averette (17382867), Chinaemerem U. Onyishi (14265475)   +8 more
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