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Iron Physiology and Its Impact on Atopic Diseases: An EAACI Taskforce Report

Allergy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Iron is essential for oxygen transport, energy metabolism, and immune regulation. Yet iron deficiency is the most common micronutrient disorder across all age groups, affecting nearly one quarter of the global population. Iron deficiency triggers nutritional immunity, a host defense mechanism that withholds and redistributes iron, contributing
Franziska Roth‐Walter, Ioana Agache, Beatriz Cabanillas, Roberto Berni Canani, Pasquale Comberiati, Holger Garn, Cristina Gomez‐Casado, Karin Hufnagl, Ekaterina Khaleva, Gregorio P. Milani, Daniel Munblit, Nikolaos Douladiris, Liam O'Mahony, Frank Redegeld, Carmen Riggioni, Peter K. Smith, Betty van Esch, Emilia Vassilopoulou, Carina Venter, Diego G. Peroni   +19 more
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Inhibition of Melanization by Kojic Acid Promotes Cell Wall Disruption of the Human Pathogenic Fungus Fonsecaea sp.

Pathogens, 2022
Chromoblastomycosis (CBM) is a chronic human subcutaneous mycosis caused by various aetiologic agents. CBM does not have an established treatment but may be managed using antifungal agents, surgical removal of the lesions, or cryotherapy. Kojic acid (KA),
Jorge Augusto Leão Pereira, Lienne Silveira de Moraes, Chubert Bernardo Castro de Sena, José Luiz Martins do Nascimento, Ana Paula D. Rodrigues, Silvia Helena Marques da Silva, Edilene O. Silva   +6 more
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Hair Degradation Patterns in Aquatic and Soil Environments

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Hair is a biological material that can provide information in archaeology and forensics. Previous studies have mainly examined changes occurring post‐mortem. In this study, we focused on hair pulled out ante‐mortem. The aim of the study was to identify patterns in the degradation of hair in water and soil.
Katarzyna Palacz‐Ziółek, Monika Krzyżanowska, Rafał Ogórek, Marcin Kadej   +3 more
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Cellular immune response of Amblyomma sculptum and Amblyomma americanum to entomopathogenic fungi: Implications for biological tick control

Medical and Veterinary Entomology, EarlyView.
Amblyomma sculptum showed a plasmatocyte‐dominant haemocyte profile. Beauveria bassiana increased plasmatocytes and reduced granulocytes, whereas Metarhizium robertsii did not cause significant changes. Amblyomma americanum showed a granulocyte‐dominant haemocyte profile. Beauveria bassiana reduced total haemocytes and granulocytes. B.
Cárita de Souza Ribeiro‐Silva, Valesca Henrique Lima, Salorrane Miranda N. Pinto, Gustavo Felizardo S. Sandes, Victor Hugo Ribeiro Costa, Albert Mulenga, Adela S. Oliva Chavez, Éverton Kort Kamp Fernandes   +7 more
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Global distribution and biogeography of ericoid mycorrhizal fungi

New Phytologist, EarlyView.
Global predictions of local ericoid mycorrhizal fungal richness, its latitudinal trends and environmental predictors. Summary Ericoid mycorrhizal (ErM) fungi play a crucial role across terrestrial ecosystems, forming mutualistic symbiosis with Ericaceae and contributing to soil organic matter dynamics.
Iñaki Odriozola, Tomáš Větrovský, Florian Barbi, Antonín Machac, Priscila Thiago Dobbler, Cristina Turcu, Michael E. Van Nuland, Clara Qin, Toby Kiers, Nadejda A. Soudzilovskaia, Petr Baldrian, Petr Kohout   +11 more
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Staurosporine Targets Mitochondrial Regulator VdAtuA3 to Disrupt Mitochondrial Homeostasis to Control Verticillium Wilt

Plant Biotechnology Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Mitochondria serve as cellular powerhouses that generate ATP via electron transport chain complexes and orchestrate metabolism‐apoptosis cross‐talk, yet genes maintaining mitochondrial homeostasis remain underexplored as antifungal targets. In this study, a previously uncharacterised protein VdAtuA3 was identified as a novel interactor with ...
Ruo‐Cheng Sheng, Huan Li, Jun Wang, Li‐Chao Wang, Hui‐Zi Liu, Xiao‐Feng Dai, Steven J. Klosterman, Jie‐Yin Chen, Krishna V. Subbarao, Feng‐Mao Chen, Dan‐Dan Zhang   +10 more
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ISOLATION, CHARACTERIZATION, AND ANTIMICROBIAL POTENTIAL OF MELANIN FROM FUNGI ASSOCIATED WITH MARINE MACROALGAE [PDF]

Bulletin of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Assiut University
Background: The marine ecosystem provides an abundant array of distinctive enzymes and pigments. Macroalgae and their accompanying microorganisms are essential to the ecological and biochemical dynamics of coastal water.
Eman Attia, Gihan El Shoubaky, Reda Mansour   +2 more
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Pinus‐derived membrane vesicles disrupt pathogenic metabolism in fungi

Plant Biology, EarlyView.
Needle‐derived vesicles from pine trees impair fungal metabolism and growth, offering a sustainable strategy to control pine pitch canker disease. Abstract Much of what we know about the biological impacts of vesicles (MVs) is derived from Arabidopsis thaliana.
S. Kunene, T. J. Mmushi, E. Steenkamp, T. Motaung   +3 more
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Nonmonotonic (in concentration) conductivity of aqueous solutions of fungal melanin

Semiconductor Physics, Quantum Electronics & Optoelectronics, 2018
The conductivity of aqueous (distilled and natural water) solutions of fungal melanin (purified and non-purified) has been studied. It has been shown that, in the presence of impurities, the conductivity of solution increases (for the concentration 0.1 ...
O.V. Kovalchuk, T.M. Kovalchuk
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Laccase Affects the Rate of Cryptococcus neoformans Nonlytic Exocytosis from Macrophages

mBio, 2020
Nonlytic exocytosis is a process in which previously ingested microbes are expelled from host phagocytes with the concomitant survival of both cell types. This process has been observed in the interaction of Cryptococcus spp.
Stefânia de Oliveira Frazão, Herdson Renney de Sousa, Lenise Gonçalves da Silva, Jéssica dos Santos Folha, Kaio César de Melo Gorgonha, Getúlio Pereira de Oliveira, Maria Sueli Soares Felipe, Ildinete Silva-Pereira, Arturo Casadevall, André Moraes Nicola, Patrícia Albuquerque   +10 more
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