Phospholipase B Is Critical for Cryptococcus neoformans Survival in the Central Nervous System [PDF]
mBio, 2023 Cryptococcus neoformans (Cn) is an opportunistic, encapsulated, yeast-like fungus that causes severe meningoencephalitis, especially in countries with high HIV prevalence.
Mohamed F. Hamed +7 more
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Clinical and pathological characterization of Central Nervous System cryptococcosis in an experimental mouse model of stereotaxic intracerebral infection. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2023 Infection of the Central Nervous System (CNS) by the encapsulated fungus Cryptococcus neoformans can lead to high mortality meningitis, most commonly in immunocompromised patients.
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Glucuronoxylomannan intranasal challenge prior to Cryptococcus neoformans pulmonary infection enhances cerebral cryptococcosis in rodents. [PDF]
PLoS Pathogens, 2023 The encapsulated fungus Cryptococcus neoformans is the most common cause of fungal meningitis, with the highest rate of disease in patients with AIDS or immunosuppression. This microbe enters the human body via inhalation of infectious particles.
Hiu Ham Lee +15 more
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IL-6 deficiency accelerates cerebral cryptococcosis and alters glial cell responses [PDF]
Journal of NeuroinflammationCryptococcus neoformans (Cn) is an opportunistic encapsulated fungal pathogen that causes life-threatening meningoencephalitis in immunosuppressed individuals.
Marta Reguera-Gomez +4 more
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Cryptococcus neoformans phospholipase B1 is critical for cryptococcoma formation in the mouse brain [PDF]
Frontiers in ImmunologyBackgroundCryptococcus neoformans (Cn) is an encapsulated, neurotrophic fungus that can cause life-threatening meningoencephalitis in immunocompromised individuals. Phospholipase B1 (PLB1) promotes Cn adhesion and colonization, however its role in fungal
Melissa E. Munzen +13 more
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Active Cryptococcus neoformans glucuronoxylomannan production prevents elimination of cryptococcal CNS infection in vivo [PDF]
Journal of NeuroinflammationBackground Cryptococcus neoformans (Cn) causes life-threatening meningoencephalitis in individuals with AIDS. Cn’s polysaccharide capsule is mainly composed of glucuronoxylomannan (GXM) and plays a key role in the dysregulation of immunity, resistance to
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Reduced growth and biofilm formation at high temperatures contribute to Cryptococcus deneoformans dermatotropism [PDF]
Disease Models & MechanismsClaudia L. Charles-Niño +11 more
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Physik in unserer Zeit, Volume 54, Issue 6, Page 302-304, November 2023., 2023 Die Harfe ist ein uraltes Instrument, das in vielen Kulturen und Varianten gespielt wird – überwiegend von Frauen. Anders als traditionelle Instrumente ist die moderne Konzertharfe ohne mühsames Umstimmen der Saiten in allen Tonarten spielbar, erfordert aber engagierte Fußarbeit.
Leopold Mathelitsch, Ivo Verovnik
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A secret thing: Forgetting the author in Annette von Droste‐Hülshoff's “Das erste Gedicht”
The German Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 4, Page 498-515, Fall 2023., 2023 Abstract This article examines the notion of secrecy in Annette von Droste‐Hülshoff's poem “Das erste Gedicht” (1846), pursuing its inquiry through a critical analysis of the gendering of space and authorship in Walter Benjamin's commentary on her poetics in Deutsche Menschen. Eine Folge von Briefen (1936).
Julia Gutterman
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Ballspielerinnen auf thessalischen Münzen. Ein Zeitvertreib als öffentliche Angelegenheit?
Pallas, 2022 A series of silver oboloi from Larisa (late 5th c. B.C.) depict a young woman on the back side playing with a ball in various postures. She is commonly identified with the eponymous nymph of the polis, primarily because of the testimony of the Suda ...
Jochen Griesbach
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