[HTML][HTML] Hide, Keep Quiet, and Keep Low: Properties That Make Aspergillus fumigatus a Successful Lung Pathogen

N Escobar, SR Ordonez, HAB Wösten… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
fumigatus is such a prominent opportunistic pathogen is not yet understood. Conidial size,
cell wall composition, and … Little is known about hyphal tropism or contour sensing in A. …

[HTML][HTML] Novel Insights into Aspergillus fumigatus Pathogenesis and Host Response from State-of-the-Art Imaging of Host–Pathogen Interactions during Infection

SC Ortiz, K Pennington, DD Thomson, M Bertuzzi - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
… These differences in intracellular versus extracellular germination are likely key to
understanding the disease kinetics of these opportunistic pathogens. The use of this model can be …

Adhesins in the virulence of opportunistic fungal pathogens of human

A Kumari, AH Tripathi, P Gautam, R Gahtori, A Pande… - Mycology, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Aspergillus fumigatus, a mould belonging to the eurotiomycetes class, is the most frequent
opportunistic human pathogen among … aspergillosis (ABPA), aspergilloma, and acute invasive …

Fungi that infect humans

JR Köhler, B Hube, R Puccia, A Casadevall… - Microbiology …, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
… The opportunistic human pathogen C. albicans responds with … (G) Aspergillus fumigatus
in maxillary sinusitis and … , the ability to sense and follow contours, which aspergilli have in …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative assessment of aspergillosis by virtual infection modeling in murine and human lung

M Blickensdorf, S Timme, MT Figge - Frontiers in Immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Aspergillus fumigatus is a ubiquitous opportunistic fungal … In this study, we use virtual
infection modeling to investigate Aspergillus fumigatus lung infections. A. fumigatus is an …

[HTML][HTML] Evolution of the human pathogenic lifestyle in fungi

A Rokas - Nature Microbiology, 2022 - nature.com
… Because most fungal pathogens are opportunistic, we can gain insight into their ability to …
mycology 83,84 , greatly illuminating the broad contours of the where, why and how of the …

[HTML][HTML] Deciphering the Counterplay of Aspergillus fumigatus Infection and Host Inflammation by Evolutionary Games on Graphs

J Pollmächer, S Timme, S Schuster, AA Brakhage… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
… To investigate the counterplay of infection and inflammation, we simulated the invasion of
the human-pathogenic fungus Aspergillus fumigatus in lung alveoli by evolutionary games on …

[HTML][HTML] Virulence Attributes in Aspergillus fumigatus

MG Frías-De-León, E García-Salazar… - … and Aspergillosis …, 2023 - intechopen.com
Aspergillus fumigatus is one of the most important opportunistic fungal pathogens. It causes
various types of infections in humans, from skin, lung, and allergic infections to invasive …

[HTML][HTML] … Warfare on Three Fronts: Mixed Biofilm of Aspergillus fumigatus and Staphylococcus aureus on Primary Cultures of Human Limbo-Corneal Fibroblasts

A Ramírez-Granillo, LA Bautista-Hernández… - … Cellular and Infection …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
… In this study, we were able to identify first evidence on the MFBB of potential opportunistic
pathogens (A. fumigatus–S. aureus) and ocular host response (HLFC). In addition, our data …

[HTML][HTML] Fungal Zinc Homeostasis and Its Potential as an Antifungal Target: A Focus on the Human Pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus

P Zhai, Y Chai, L Lu - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Aspergillus fumigatus is an opportunistic airborne fungus that causes severe invasive
aspergillosis in immunocompromised patients. Zinc is an essential micronutrient for the growth of A…