… Antivirulence approach for preventing Cryptococcus neoformans from crossing the blood-brain barrier via novel natural product inhibitors of a fungal metalloprotease

PA Aaron, K Vu, A Gelli - MBio, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
… An important attribute of Cryptococcus neoformans (Cn) pathogenesis is its ability to enter …
three natural products that prevented Cn from crossing the blood-brain barrier by inhibiting the …

[PDF][PDF] An Antivirulence Approach for Preventing Cryptococcus neoformans from Crossing the

PA Aaron, K Vu, A Gelli - mBio, 11 (4), 2020 - academia.edu
… the blood-brain barrier by inhibiting the virulence factor Mpr1 … the use of novel small-molecule
inhibitors of fungal morpho… secreted metalloprotease, Mpr1, is expressed solely in fungi, …

Peptidases: promising antifungal targets of the human fungal pathogen, Cryptococcus neoformans

D Gutierrez-Gongora, J Geddes-McAlister - Facets, 2022 - facetsjournal.com
… targets for anti-virulence discovery in the development of new … following crossing of the
bloodbrain barrier (BBB) using … The metalloprotease, Mpr1, engages AnnexinA2 to promote …

[HTML][HTML] From naturally-sourced protease inhibitors to new treatments for fungal infections

D Gutierrez-Gongora, J Geddes-McAlister - Journal of Fungi, 2021 - mdpi.com
… human fungal pathogen, Cryptococcus neoformans through … impair fungal crossing of the
bloodbrain barrier without … Diosgenin also inhibits matrix metalloproteinases (eg, MMP-2 …

… from freshwater mussels disrupt fungal virulence determinants and influence fluconazole susceptibility in the presence of macrophages in Cryptococcus neoformans

D Gutierrez-Gongora, M Woods, RS Prosser… - Microbiology …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
… a significant inhibition of fungal growth at 37C following … by bacterial and fungal human
pathogens to avoid the immune system … of novel anti-virulence treatments against fungal disease. …

The pathways and the mechanisms by which Cryptococcus enters the brain

Y Zhou, Y Huang, C Yang, X Zang, H Deng, J Liu… - Mycology, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Cryptococcus neoformans (Cn) and Cryptococcus gattii (Cg) are … from the lungs and crosses
the blood-brain barrier (BBB), … A secreted metalloprotease Mpr1 was recently discovered in …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of disease-associated cryptococcal proteins reactive with serum IgG from cryptococcal meningitis patients

AE Gressler, D Volke, C Firacative… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Cryptococcus neoformans, an opportunistic fungal pathogen ubiquitously … crossing the
blood brain barrier in an in vitro transwell model (90). Extracellular elastinolytic metalloproteinase

[HTML][HTML] The possible role of microbial proteases in facilitating SARS-CoV-2 brain invasion

N Mjokane, OS Folorunso, AO Ogundeji, OM Sebolai - Biology, 2021 - mdpi.com
… action of cryptococcal serine proteases, metalloproteases and … organisms such as
Cryptococcus neoformans, which operate … condition that weakens the bloodbrain barrier (BBB) …

[HTML][HTML] Uncharted territories in the discovery of antifungal and antivirulence natural products from bacteria

R Vij, B Hube, S Brunke - Computational and Structural Biotechnology …, 2021 - Elsevier
… In pathogenic fungi like Cryptococcus neoformans, C. albicans, and A. … antivirulence
targets include metalloproteases that allow C. neoformans cells to cross the blood brain barrier

[PDF][PDF] Antifungal Activity of Kigelia africana Phytochemicals against Cryptococcus neoformans

E Kanhanda - 2023 - wiredspace.wits.ac.za
Cryptococcus neoformans is an opportunistic fungal pathogen … indeed have antifungal
and antivirulence effects against C. … neoformans to cross the blood brain barrier during …