Stress Responsive Translation Regulation in the Human Pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

CM Knowles - 2023 - search.proquest.com
Cryptococcus neoformans is a ubiquitous environmental fungus and opportunistic human
pathogen, primarily impacting immunocompromised hosts such as those living with …

Contributions of Ccr4 and Gcn2 to the Translational Response of C. neoformans to Host-Relevant Stressors and Integrated Stress Response Induction

CM Knowles, D Goich, ALM Bloom, MC Kalem… - Mbio, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
In response to the host environment, the human pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans must
rapidly reprogram its translatome from one which promotes growth to one which is …

Gcn2 rescues reprogramming in the absence of Hog1/p38 signaling in C. neoformans during thermal stress

D Goich, ALM Bloom, SR Duffy, MN Ventura… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
The fungus Cryptococcus neoformans is an opportunistic pathogen of people that
reprograms its translatome to facilitate adaptation and virulence within the host. We studied …

[HTML][HTML] Tools for Assessing Translation in Cryptococcus neoformans

CM Knowles, KM McIntyre, JC Panepinto - Journal of Fungi, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cryptococcus neoformans is a ubiquitous environmental fungus capable of establishing an
infection in a human host. Rapid changes in environments and exposure to the host immune …

RNA biology and the adaptation of Cryptococcus neoformans to host temperature and stress

ALM Bloom, JC Panepinto - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Cryptococcus neoformans is an environmental fungus that can cause severe disease in
humans. C. neoformans encounters a multitude of stresses within the human host to which it …

Translational regulation promotes oxidative stress resistance in the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

J Leipheimer, ALM Bloom, CS Campomizzi, Y Salei… - MBio, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Cryptococcus neoformans is one of the few environmental fungi that can survive within a
mammalian host and cause disease. Although many of the factors responsible for …

mRNA decay: an adaptation tool for the environmental fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

ALM Bloom, J Leipheimer… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Fungi are ubiquitous in the environment and humans constantly encounter them in the soil,
air, water, and food. The vast majority of these interactions are inconsequential. However, in …

Ccr4 promotes resolution of the endoplasmic reticulum stress response during host temperature adaptation in Cryptococcus neoformans

VE Havel, NK Wool, D Ayad, KM Downey… - Eukaryotic …, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
Adaptation to host temperature is a prerequisite for any pathogen capable of causing deep
infection in humans. Our previous studies demonstrated that a Cryptococcus neoformans …

[HTML][HTML] Thermotolerance in the pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans is linked to antigen masking via mRNA decay-dependent reprogramming

ALM Bloom, RM Jin, J Leipheimer, JE Bard… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
A common feature shared by systemic fungal pathogens of environmental origin, such as
Cryptococcus neoformans, is their ability to adapt to mammalian core body temperature. In …

Translational Control Promotes Oxidative Stress Resistance in the Human Fungal Pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

JB Leipheimer Jr - 2020 - search.proquest.com
Cryptococcus neoformans is one of the few environmental fungi that can adapt to a
mammalian host and cause disease. As free a living organism, C. neoformans is challenged …