The capsule of Cryptococcus neoformans

A Casadevall, C Coelho, RJB Cordero, Q Dragotakes… - Virulence, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
… The capsule of Cryptococcus neoformans is its dominant virulence factor and plays a key
role in the biology of this fungus. In this essay, we focus on the capsule as a cellular structure

The capsule of the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

O Zaragoza, ML Rodrigues, M De Jesus… - Advances in applied …, 2009 - Elsevier
neoformans is both a … , structure and role of the capsule during infection. The purpose of
this review is to give an overview on the main aspects of the capsule, including its structure, …

The Cryptococcus neoformans capsule: a sword and a shield

TR O'Meara, JA Alspaugh - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
… The plasticity of the capsule structure in response to various host conditions also underscores
the complex relationship between host and parasite. Much of this precise regulation of …

Cryptococcus neoformans Capsule Structure Evolution In Vitro and during Murine Infection

D Garcia-Hermoso, F Dromer, G Janbon - Infection and immunity, 2004 - Am Soc Microbiol
Cryptococcus neoformans capsule structure modifications … In this study, capsule structure
modifications after mouse … The capsule structures of strains recovered after 0, 1, 8, and …

Capsule structure changes associated with Cryptococcus neoformans crossing of the blood-brain barrier

C Charlier, F Chrétien, M Baudrimont… - The American journal of …, 2005 - Elsevier
… Organ invasion was associated with changes in cryptococcal capsule structure and cell
size… , on the bed structure of the local capillary. The rapid changes in capsule structure could …

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
… This review focuses on the resulting advances in our understanding of the structure and
synthesis of the capsular components, the incorporation of these components into the existing …

Isolation and characterization of capsule structure mutant strains of Cryptococcus neoformans

F Moyrand, B Klaproth, U Himmelreich… - Molecular …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
… specific for different capsule sugar epitopes, we isolated strains with different mutated capsule
structures (Cas … We demonstrated that it is necessary for both capsule xylosylation and C. …

Capsule Structural Heterogeneity and Antigenic Variation in Cryptococcus neoformans

DC McFadden, BC Fries, F Wang, A Casadevall - Eukaryotic Cell, 2007 - Am Soc Microbiol
Cryptococcus neoformans is a human pathogenic fungus with a capsule composed … Current
views of GXM structure postulate a polymer composed of repeating mannose trisaccharide …

The capsular dynamics of Cryptococcus neoformans

D McFadden, O Zaragoza, A Casadevall - TRENDS in Microbiology, 2006 - cell.com
… The capsule is a dynamic structure that undergoes changes in size and rearranges during
… The most distinctive feature of Cryptococcus neoformans is the polysaccharide capsule. C. …

Molecular architecture of the Cryptococcus neoformans capsule

MA Gates, P Thorkildson, TR Kozel - Molecular microbiology, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
capsule of the pathogenic yeast Cryptococcus neoformans to examine capsular architecture
… Our results provide a model for capsular structure that accounts for several of the biological …