Detrimental impact of the IL-33/ST2 axis in an animal infection model with Cryptococcus neoformans

K Ueno, Y Miyazaki - Allergology International, 2023 - jstage.jst.go.jp
… In bronchial pathology, IL-33M increased the level of mucus secreted by mucus producing
goblet cells, as visualized by periodic acid-Schiff (PAS) staining, whereas IL-33FL did not …

A comparative study of IL-33 and its receptor ST2 in a C57BL/6 J mouse model of pulmonary Cryptococcus neoformans infection

Z Wang, Q Ma, J Jiang, X Yang, E Zhang, Y Tao… - Medical Microbiology …, 2023 - Springer
… In the present study, the reduced mucus production in the IL-33 −/− infected … mucus production
and survival extension. Of note, goblet cell hyperplasia and increased mucus production

Functional Characterization of the GlcNAc Catabolic Pathway in Cryptococcus deneoformans

…, L Shen, Y Kuang, Y Wang, Y Peng, C Hu… - Applied and …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
… size, melanin production, and antifungal drug resistance in Cryptococcus neoformans (9). …
GlcNAc in host lung mucins, the function of GlcNAc on host colonization of C. deneoformans …

Adaptive immunology of Cryptococcus neoformans infections—an update

J Chen, J Shao, M Dai, W Fang, Y Yang - Frontiers in immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
… Furthermore, the fungal load and mucus production in mice increases significantly with
increased pulmonary allergic inflammation. Although Th1 cells play a protective role, Th2 cells …

Extension of O-Linked Mannosylation in the Golgi Apparatus Is Critical for Cell Wall Integrity Signaling and Interaction with Host Cells in Cryptococcus neoformans …

EJ Thak, YJ Son, DJ Lee, H Kim, JH Kim, SB Lee… - MBio, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
… has a null mutation of MSB2 encoding a mucin-like transmembrane protein involved in …
immune cells, we quantified the production of the proinflammatory cytokines tumor necrosis …

PAMPs and host immune response in cryptococcal infection

K Sato, K Kawakami - Medical Mycology Journal, 2022 - jstage.jst.go.jp
… anticryptococcal activity through production of nitric oxide. Clin … gamma-producing
Cryptococcus neoformans strain results in … mucin production in the lungs after pulmonary infection …

Investigation of Antifungal Mechanisms of Thymol in the Human Fungal Pathogen, Cryptococcus neoformans

KW Jung, MS Chung, HW Bai, BY Chung, S Lee - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
neoformans is distinct from the conserved antifungal effect caused by ROS production in
other fungi. Our results show that thymol did not induce intracellular ROS production. In …

Role of Dectin-2 in the phagocytosis of Cryptococcus neoformans by dendritic cells

Y Kitai, K Sato, D Tanno, X Yuan, A Umeki… - Infection and …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
… defense against cryptococcal infection, although Th2 cytokines and mucin production in the
… In addition, Dectin-2 deficiency reduces cytokine production by macrophages and dendritic …

Glucuronoxylomannan intranasal challenge prior to Cryptococcus neoformans pulmonary infection enhances cerebral cryptococcosis in rodents

HH Lee, DJ Carmichael, V Ríbeiro, DN Parisi… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
… the cryptococcal cells stained with mucin carmine (indicated with arrows; Scale bar: 20 μm).
… [34,50], the ELISA and IF data produced in this investigation demonstrated that in delivery of …

Inhibition of myeloid-derived suppressor cell arginase-1 production enhances T-cell-based immunotherapy against Cryptococcus neoformans infection

YN Li, ZW Wang, F Li, LH Zhou, YS Jiang, Y Yu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Cryptococcosis is a potentially lethal disease that is primarily caused by the fungus
Cryptococcus neoformans, treatment options for cryptococcosis are limited. Here, we show …