With the emergence of antibiotic resistance, the interest for antimicrobial agents has recently
increased again in public health. Copper was recognized in 2008 by the United States …

Talaromycosis is an invasive mycosis endemic in tropical and subtropical Asia and is
caused by the pathogenic fungus Talaromyces marneffei. Approximately 17,300 cases of T …

Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii are the two etiologic agents of
cryptococcosis. They belong to the phylum Basidiomycota and can be readily distinguished …

Fungi must meet four criteria to infect humans: growth at human body temperatures,
circumvention or penetration of surface barriers, lysis and absorption of tissue, and …

Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a well-established model for species as diverse as humans and
pathogenic fungi, is more recently a model for population and quantitative genetics. S …

Metals are essential for life, and they play a central role in the struggle between infecting
microbes and their hosts. In fact, an important aspect of microbial pathogenesis is the …

Dietary nutrients and the gut microbiota are increasingly recognized to cross-regulate and
entrain each other, and thus affect host health and immune-mediated diseases. Here, we …

Metallothioneins (MTs) are a family of metal-binding proteins virtually expressed in all
organisms including prokaryotes, lower eukaryotes, invertebrates and mammals. These …

Copper is an essential micronutrient for both pathogens and the animal hosts they infect.
However, copper can also be toxic in cells due to its redox properties and ability to disrupt …

Transition metals have been recognized and studied primarily in the context of their
essential roles as structural and metabolic cofactors for biomolecules that compose living …