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Melanin particles isolated from the fungus Fonsecaea pedrosoi activates the human complement system

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2018
BACKGROUND Melanin production has been associated with virulence in various pathogenic fungi, including Fonsecaea pedrosoi, the major etiological agent for chromoblastomycosis, a subcutaneous fungal disease that occurs in South America.
Lysianne Pinto, Luiz Fernando Zmetek Granja, Mariana Amorim de Almeida, Daniela Sales Alviano, Maria Helena da Silva, Regina Ejzemberg, Sonia Rozental, Celuta Sales Alviano   +7 more
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The Fungal Cell Wall : Structure, Biosynthesis, and Function [PDF]

, 2017
N.G. is funded by the Wellcome Trust via a senior investigator award and a strategic award and by the MRC Centre for Medical Mycology. C.M. acknowledges the support of the Wellcome Trust and the MRC. N.G. and C.M.
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Melanization slows the rapid movement of fungal necromass carbon and nitrogen into both bacterial and fungal decomposer communities and soils

mSystems, 2023
Microbial necromass contributes significantly to both soil carbon (C) persistence and ecosystem nitrogen (N) availability, but quantitative estimates of C and N movement from necromass into soils and decomposer communities are lacking.
François Maillard, Talia J. Michaud, Craig R. See, Lang C. DeLancey, Steven J. Blazewicz, Jeffrey A. Kimbrel, Jennifer Pett-Ridge, Peter G. Kennedy   +7 more
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ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROMETRY OF FUNGAL MELANINS [PDF]

Soil Science, 1985
5 pages, 4 tables, 34 references. We investigated electron spin resonance (ESR) parameters (free radical concentrations, g values, and linewidths) of a variety of fungal melanins. The influences of oxygen, culturing conditions, methylation, solvent extraction, acid hydrolysis, and persulfate oxidation on ESR parameters were also studied.
Sáiz-Jiménez, Cesáreo, Shafizadeh, F.
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Pathogenic Roles for Fungal Melanins [PDF]

Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 2000
SUMMARYMelanins represent virulence factors for several pathogenic fungi; the number of examples is growing. Thus, albino mutants of several genera (in one case, mutated precisely in the melanizing enzyme) exhibit decreased virulence in mice. We consider the phenomenon in relation to known chemical properties of melanin, beginning with biosynthesis ...
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The role of L-DOPA on melanization and mycelial production in Malassezia furfur. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
Melanins are synthesized by organisms of all biological kingdoms and comprise a heterogeneous class of natural pigments. Certain of these polymers have been implicated in the pathogenesis of several important human fungal pathogens.
Sirida Youngchim, Joshua D Nosanchuk, Soraya Pornsuwan, Susumu Kajiwara, Nongnuch Vanittanakom   +4 more
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Titan cell production in Cryptococcus neoformans reshapes the cell wall and capsule composition during infection [PDF]

, 2018
This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health (R01AI080275 and R21AI22352), the NIH Fogarty International Center (R25TW009345), the University of Minnesota Center for Translational Science Institute (UL1TR000114), Wellcome Trust (086827 ...
Gow, Neil A R, Lee, Keunsook, Mukaremera, Liliane, Nielsen, Kirsten, Wagener, Jeanette, Wiesner, D. L.   +5 more
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Melaninization Reduces Cryptococcus neoformans Susceptibility to Mechanical Stress

mSphere, 2023
Melanin is a complex pigment that is found in various fungal species and is associated with a multitude of protective functions against environmental stresses.
Ellie Rose Mattoon, Radames J. B. Cordero, Arturo Casadevall   +2 more
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Fungal melanins and their potential applications: A Review

BioResources, 2023
Melanins are complex molecules found in many organisms including bacteria, fungi, plants, and animals that have protective functions against stress. In fungi there are several biochemical routes for their synthesis, and their diversity and structural complexity have made their analysis and characterization difficult.
Sac N. Salgado-Castillo, Hugo A. López-Peña, Ruben Diaz, Kathia Peña-Solis, Edith Ponce-Alquicira, Jorge Soriano-Santos, Gerardo Díaz-Godínez   +6 more
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Melanin Production and Laccase Mediated Oxidative Stress Alleviation During Fungal-fungal Interaction Among Basidiomycetes Fungi [PDF]

IMA Fungus, 2021
Abstract Fungal-fungal interaction often leads to the change in metabolite profile of both the interacting fungus which may have potential implication in industry or agriculture. In the present study, we performed two sets of fungal-fungal interaction - Trametes coccinea (F3) with Leiotrametes lactinea (F9) and Trametes coccinea (F3) with ...
Samim Dullah, Dibya Jyoti Hazarika, Gunajit Goswami, Tanushree Borgohain, Alokesh Ghosh, Madhumita Barooah, Ashok Bhattacharyya, Robin Chandra Boro   +7 more
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