Host defenses against cryptococcosis

MS Price, JR Perfect - Immunological investigations, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
The interaction of pathogenic Cryptococcus species with their various hosts is somewhat
unique compared to other fungal pathogens such as Aspergillus fumigatus and Candida …

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

KR Iyer, NM Revie, C Fu, N Robbins… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Cryptococcus spp., in particular Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii, have an
enormous impact on human health worldwide. The global burden of cryptococcal meningitis …

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
Systemic infection with Cryptococcus neoformans, a dangerous and contagious pathogen
found throughout the world, frequently results in lethal cryptococcal pneumonia and …

[HTML][HTML] Novel antifungal activity for the lectin scytovirin: inhibition of Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii

TH Jones, EE McClelland, H McFeeters… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Pathogenic cryptococci are encapsulated yeast that can cause severe meningoencephalitis.
Existing therapeutic options are dated and there is a growing need for new alternative …

Synthesis and Characterization of Derivatives of the Antifungal Peptoid RMG8-8

EJ Pratt, EI Mancera-Andrade, KL Bicker - ACS omega, 2022 - ACS Publications
Cryptococcal meningitis, caused by the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans, is a
devastating disease with a mortality rate of over 80%. Due to the increasing prevalence of …

Cryptococcus neoformans, a global threat to human health

Y Zhao, L Ye, F Zhao, L Zhang, Z Lu, T Chu… - Infectious Diseases of …, 2023 - mednexus.org
Background Emerging fungal pathogens pose important threats to global public health. The
World Health Organization has responded to the rising threat of traditionally neglected …

Cryptococcus neoformans induces alterations in the cytoskeleton of human brain microvascular endothelial cells

SHM Chen, MF Stins, SH Huang… - Journal of medical …, 2003 - microbiologyresearch.org
The fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans has a predilection for the central nervous
system (CNS), resulting in devastating meningoencephalitis. At present, it is unclear how C …

Unraveling caspofungin resistance in cryptococcus neoformans

N Papon, GH Goldman - MBio, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Cryptococcus neoformans is a basidiomycetous yeast responsible for hundreds of
thousands of deaths a year and is particularly threatening in immunocompromised patients …

In vitro and in vivo efficacies of the azole SCH56592 against Cryptococcus neoformans

JR Perfect, GM Cox, RK Dodge… - Antimicrobial agents and …, 1996 - Am Soc Microbiol
Multiple isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans were tested to compare the in vitro activity of a
new triazole, SCH56592, with those of amphotericin B, fluconazole, and itraconazole, MICs …

Efficacy of APX2039 in a rabbit model of cryptococcal meningitis

CD Giamberardino, WA Schell, JL Tenor, DL Toffaletti… - Mbio, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Cryptococcal Meningitis (CM) is uniformly fatal if not treated, and treatment options are
limited. We previously reported on the activity of APX2096, the prodrug of the novel Gwt1 …