The Cryptococcus neoformans capsule: a sword and a shield

TR O'Meara, JA Alspaugh - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
neoformans capsule regulation occur at the level of transcription. For example, incubation in
the presence … signaling pathways likely regulate the complex biology of the capsule. The C. …

Cryptococcus neoformans capsule biosynthesis and regulation

G Janbon - FEMS yeast research, 2004 - academic.oup.com
… in capsule regulation have been identified, most of the mechanisms involved in modulating
capsule size … Certain elements of other transduction pathways do appear to regulate capsule

Toward an Integrated Model of Capsule Regulation in Cryptococcus neoformans

BC Haynes, ML Skowyra, SJ Spencer, SR Gish… - PLoS …, 2011 - journals.plos.org
… of capsule regulation we performed RNA-Seq on strains lacking either Ada2 or one of two
other capsule … These studies supported the role of Ada2 in the direct regulation of capsule and …

The capsule of Cryptococcus neoformans

A Casadevall, C Coelho, RJB Cordero, Q Dragotakes… - Virulence, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Capsule size is also regulated by the cell cycle [Citation50] and is larger in cells grown in …
What are the mechanisms that regulate capsule size? At some point the capsule stops growing …

Virulence of Cryptococcus neoformans. Regulation of capsule synthesis by carbon dioxide.

DL Granger, JR Perfect… - The Journal of clinical …, 1985 - Am Soc Clin Investig
… Synthesis of a polysaccharide capsule is a critical determinant of virulence for Cryptococcus
neoformans. Isolates from human cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)' have large capsules which are …

A Yeast under Cover: the Capsule of Cryptococcus neoformans

I Bose, AJ Reese, JJ Ory, G Janbon, TL Doering - Eukaryotic cell, 2003 - Am Soc Microbiol
… highly regulated nature of this virulence factor. Efforts to understand capsule regulation have
… In the search for the molecular basis of capsule regulation, a cAMP-signaling pathway that …

Transcriptional regulation by protein kinase A in Cryptococcus neoformans

G Hu, BR Steen, T Lian, AP Sham, N Tam… - PLoS …, 2007 - journals.plos.org
… Based on the SAGE data, we hypothesized that PKA could influence capsule formation by
regulating secretion. We therefore examined the effects of known vesicle trafficking inhibitors …

[HTML][HTML] Networks of fibers and factors: regulation of capsule formation in Cryptococcus neoformans

H Ding, FL Mayer, E Sánchez-León… - …, 2016 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… The ability of the pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans to cause life-threatening …
of a capsule consisting of polysaccharide fibers. The size of the cell-associated capsule is …

The capsule of the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

O Zaragoza, ML Rodrigues, M De Jesus… - Advances in applied …, 2009 - Elsevier
capsule's release into the medium is an active phenomenon regulated by the cell, or if it is
just an unspecific capsule shedding… It is noteworthy that practically all our information about C. …

Immunoregulation by capsular components of Cryptococcus neoformans

A Vecchiarelli - Medical mycology, 2000 - academic.oup.com
neoformans contains primarily the … of capsular material and its specifi c polysaccharide
components on the innate and T cell immune response and examines the regulatory mechanisms …