Importance of Clinical Isolates in Cryptococcus neoformans Research

KM Jackson, M Ding, K Nielsen - Journal of Fungi, 2023 - mdpi.com
neoformans also produces a wide range of phenotypes within the host. Some of these
phenotypic … in pleomorphic cells, and hypervirulence when compared to H99 derivatives without …

Cryptococcus neoformans requires the ESCRT protein Vps23 for iron acquisition from heme, for capsule formation, and for virulence

G Hu, M Caza, B Cadieux, V Chan, V Liu… - Infection and …, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
… These phenotypes were mirrored by a virulence defect in the vps23 mutant in a mouse model
of cryptococcosis and by hypervirulence of the overexpression strain. Overall, these results …

Modulation of Replicative Lifespan in Cryptococcus neoformans: Implications for Virulence

T Bouklas, N Jain, BC Fries - Frontiers in microbiology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
… , Cryptococcus neoformans, has been shown to undergo replicative aging. Old cells are
characterized by advanced generational age and phenotypic … not lead to hypervirulence is most …

Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii clinical isolates from Thailand display diverse phenotypic interactions with macrophages

A Hansakon, P Mutthakalin, P Ngamskulrungroj… - Virulence, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
… was known to be associated with patient CSF fungal burdens and the hypervirulent C.
gattii strains that exhibited enhanced intracellular proliferation rate was correlated with mouse …

Mechanisms of Infection by the Human Fungal Pathogen Cryptococcus Neoformans

W Sabiiti, RC May - Future microbiology, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
… In addition, the incidence of non-HIV-associated CM is increasing in Pacific north-western
America and far east Asia, caused by hypervirulent strains of Cryptococcus gattii and …

Transcription Factors and Intracellular Proteins Orchestrate Phenotypic Adaptation in Cryptococcus neoformans for Survival and Human Infections

OS Folorunso, OM Sebolai - 2023 - preprints.org
phenotypic display against external factors. This review examines several transcription
factors germane to Cryptococcus (C.) neoformans … to adaptive phenotypes and morphological …

Developmental cell fate and virulence are linked to trehalose homeostasis in Cryptococcus neoformans

MR Botts, M Huang, RK Borchardt, CM Hull - Eukaryotic cell, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
hypervirulence of nth2Δ strains. … hypervirulence phenotype, indicating that NTH1 was not
compensating for the loss of NTH2 activity. Furthermore, there was no change in the phenotype

… AMP-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunits have divergent roles in virulence factor production in two varieties of the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

JK Hicks, CA D'Souza, GM Cox, J Heitman - Eukaryotic Cell, 2004 - Am Soc Microbiol
… mating and virulence of Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii (… hypervirulent. Because
other mutations have been observed to confer different phenotypes in two diverged varieties of C

Hypervirulence and cross-resistance to a clinical antifungal are induced by an environmental fungicide in Cryptococcus gattii

HCS Carneiro, RW Bastos, NQ Ribeiro… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
… in mice, leading to severe symptoms of cryptococcosis, early mortality and higher fungal …
the hypervirulent and cross-resistant phenotype, suggesting a persistent effect of BEN on C. …

Deciphering the Association among Pathogenicity, Production and Polymorphisms of Capsule/Melanin in Clinical Isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii …

N Vélez, N Vega-Vela, M Muñoz, P Gómez… - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
… Background: Cryptococcus neoformans is an opportunistic fungal pathogen that can cause
… The objective of this work was to study the relationship between the phenotypes and …