Development of a Heat-Killed fbp1 Mutant Strain as a Therapeutic Agent To Treat Invasive Cryptococcus Infection

Y Wang, K Wang, A Rivera, C Xue - Microbiology Spectrum, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
… for vaccine-induced protection against homologous challenge and … to elicit robust host
protection against cryptococcosis. … Several mutant strains, such as the strain overexpressing the …

[HTML][HTML] Three models of vaccination strategies against cryptococcosis in immunocompromised hosts using heat-killed Cryptococcus neoformans Δsgl1

TG Normile, M Del Poeta - Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
… agent of cryptococcosis, a life-threatening invasive fungal … conferred complete host protection
to the WT strain even … To assess the longevity of the vaccine-induced host protection, we …

Immunization with a heat-killed prm1 deletion strain protects the host from Cryptococcus neoformans infection

C Li, Y Meng, H Li, W Du, X Gao, C Suo… - Emerging Microbes & …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
… The wild-type and mutant strains were heat killed at 99 ℃ for 5 min, and supernatants were
against invasive cryptococcosis, and both Th1 and Th17 immune responses can be induced

Cryptococcus neoformans chitin synthase 3 plays a critical role in dampening host inflammatory responses

CR Hole, WC Lam, R Upadhya, JK Lodge - MBio, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Cryptococcus neoformans infections are significant causes of morbidity and mortality among
AIDS patients and the third most common invasive … chose to use heat-killed fungi to control …

Immunoprotection against cryptococcosis offered by znf2 depends on capsule and the hyphal morphology

J Lin, T Pham, K Hipsher, N Glueck, Y Fan, X Lin - MBio, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
… of heat-killed wild-type H99 would also offer host protection. … dose of heat-killed wild-type
H99 can also offer protection, we … to the vaccination effect induced by ZNF2 overexpression. If …

[HTML][HTML] Cell wall composition in Cryptococcus neoformans is media dependent and alters host response, inducing protective immunity

R Upadhya, WC Lam, CR Hole, JG Vasselli… - Frontiers in fungal …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
… We discovered that, when heat-killed (HK) cells … Many of the mutant strains have gene
mutations that affect the cell wall or cell membrane integrity, with the exception of the H99γ strain, …

Vaccination with Live or Heat-Killed Aspergillus fumigatus ΔsglA Conidia Fully Protects Immunocompromised Mice from Invasive Aspergillosis

CM Fernandes, TG Normile, JHTM Fabri, VS Brauer… - MBio, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
… reported that Cryptococcus neoformans Δsgl1, a mutant strain that … conferred complete host
protection against the WT strain, we … fumigatus ΔsglA mutant in inducing host protection. To …

Vaccination with a ZNF2oe Strain of Cryptococcus Provides Long-Lasting Protection against Cryptococcosis and Is Effective in Immunocompromised Hosts

T Pham, Y Li, W Watford, X Lin - Infection and Immunity, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
… The BC1076 cryptococcal strain causes persistent but … the heat-killed or the short-lived ZNF2
oe strain will provide … As live strains are more effective in providing host protection than heat-…

[HTML][HTML] Treatment strategies for cryptococcal infection: challenges, advances and future outlook

KR Iyer, NM Revie, C Fu, N Robbins… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
… Treatment options for invasive cryptococcal infection are … , despite the fact that it causes
substantial toxicity and that its … as hypermutator strains 30,31 , which contain mutations in core …

A Fungal Sterylglucosidase at the Intersection of Virulence, Host Immunity, and Therapeutic Development

RA Cramer - Mbio, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
mutant, the ability of live or heat-killed sglA mutant conidia to … To better define the mechanism
of host protection against IA, … , sgl1-null mutant-mediated protection against Cryptococcus