Variations in candidalysin amino acid sequence influence toxicity and host responses [PDF]
MBioCandida albicans causes millions of mucosal infections in humans annually. Hyphal overgrowth on mucosal surfaces is frequently associated with tissue damage caused by candidalysin, a secreted peptide toxin that destabilizes the plasma membrane of host ...
Sejeong Lee +2 more
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Breaking Barriers: Candidalysin Disrupts Epithelial Integrity and Induces Inflammation in a Gut-on-Chip Model [PDF]
ToxinsCandida albicans is an opportunistic pathogenic yeast commonly found in the gastrointestinal tract of healthy humans. Under certain conditions, it can become invasive and cause life-threatening systemic infections.
Moran Morelli
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Host targets of candidalysin. [PDF]
PLoS PathogensCandida albicans is a normal constituent of the human microbiota and a ubiquitous human threat. This fungus causes diseases ranging from superficial cutaneous and mucosal candidiasis to life-threatening disseminated candidiasis. C.
Jianfeng Lin, Scott G Filler
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Candidalysin Is a Potent Trigger of Alarmin and Antimicrobial Peptide Release in Epithelial Cells [PDF]
Cells, 2020 Host released alarmins and antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are highly effective as antifungal agents and inducers. Whilst some are expressed constitutively at mucosal tissues, the primary site of many infections, others are elicited in response to ...
Jemima Ho +2 more
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Candidalysin Is the Hemolytic Factor of Candida albicans
Toxins, 2022 Candida albicans produces an important virulence factor, the hypha-associated Ece1-derived secreted peptide toxin candidalysin, which is crucial for the establishment of mucosal and systemic infections. C.
Selene Mogavero +11 more
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The fungal peptide toxin candidalysin induces distinct membrane repair mechanisms compared to bacterial pore-forming toxins [PDF]
Cell Death DiscoveryThe common fungal pathogen, Candida albicans, relies on the pore-forming toxin candidalysin to damage host cells. Cells counteract pore-forming toxins by Ca2+-dependent mechanisms, such as microvesicle shedding and annexin recruitment to resist ...
Roshan Thapa +5 more
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Candidalysin biology and activation of host cells [PDF]
mBioCandida albicans is an opportunistic fungal pathogen that can cause life-threatening systemic infections and distressing mucosal infections. A major breakthrough in understanding C.
Léa Lortal +8 more
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Candidalysins Are a New Family of Cytolytic Fungal Peptide Toxins [PDF]
mBio, 2022 Candidalysin is the first cytolytic peptide toxin identified in any human fungal pathogen. Candidalysin is secreted by Candida albicans and is critical for driving infection and host immune responses in several model systems.
Jonathan P. Richardson +18 more
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Global fungal-host interactome mapping identifies host targets of candidalysin
Nature CommunicationsCandidalysin, a cytolytic peptide toxin secreted by the human fungal pathogen Candida albicans, is critical for fungal pathogenesis. Yet, its intracellular targets have not been extensively mapped.
Tian-Yi Zhang +24 more
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Dynamic expression of candidalysin facilitates oral colonization of Candida albicans in mice [PDF]
Nature MicrobiologyAbstract Candida albicans is a common fungal member of the human microbiota but can also cause infections via expression of virulence factors associated with the yeast-to-hyphae transition. The evolutionary selection pressure to retain these pathogenic traits for a commensal microorganism remains unclear.
Ricardo Fróis-Martins +14 more
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