Synthetic glycans reveal determinants of antibody functional efficacy against a fungal pathogen

CJ Crawford, L Guazzelli, SA McConnell… - ACS infectious …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Antibodies play a vital role in the immune response to infectious diseases and can be
administered passively to protect patients. In the case of Cryptococcus neoformans, a WHO …

Semisynthetic Glycoconjugate Vaccine Candidates against Cryptococcus neoformans

CJ Crawford, L Liporagi-Lopes, C Coelho… - ACS Infectious …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Cryptococcus neoformans is a fungus classified by the World Health Organization as a
critically important pathogen, which poses a significant threat to immunocompromised …

[HTML][HTML] A synthetic glycan array containing Cryptococcus neoformans glucuronoxylomannan capsular polysaccharide fragments allows the mapping of protective …

L Guazzelli, CJ Crawford, R Ulc, A Bowen… - Chemical …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
A convergent synthetic strategy to Cryptococcus neoformans glucuronoxylomannan (GXM)
capsular polysaccharide part structures was developed based on di-, tri-, tetra-, penta-and …

The common Cryptococcus neoformans glucuronoxylomannan M2 motif elicits non-protective antibodies

A Nakouzi, T Zhang, S Oscarson, A Casadevall - Vaccine, 2009 - Elsevier
The Cryptococcus neoformans capsular glucuronoxylomannan (GXM) is a potential vaccine
antigen that can elicit protective and non-protective antibodies. In an attempt to focus the …

Evaluation of Cryptococcus neoformans galactoxylomannan–protein conjugate as vaccine candidate against murine cryptococcosis

SK Chow, A Casadevall - Vaccine, 2011 - Elsevier
Galactoxylomannan (GalXM) is a complex polysaccharide produced by the human
pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans that mediates profound immunological …

[HTML][HTML] Cryptococcus neoformans Capsular GXM Conformation and Epitope Presentation: A Molecular Modelling Study

MM Kuttel, A Casadevall, S Oscarson - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
The pathogenic encapsulated Cryptococcus neoformans fungus causes serious disease in
immunosuppressed hosts. The capsule, a key virulence factor, consists primarily of the …

A glucuronoxylomannan epitope exhibits serotype-specific accessibility and redistributes towards the capsule surface during titanization of the fungal pathogen …

M Probert, X Zhou, M Goodall, SA Johnston… - Infection and …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Disseminated infections with the fungal species Cryptococcus neoformans or, less
frequently, Cryptococcus gattii are an important cause of mortality in immunocompromised …

Polysaccharides, mimotopes and vaccines for fungal and encapsulated pathogens

L Pirofski - Trends in microbiology, 2001 - cell.com
Vaccination is a rational alternative to treatment for Cryptococcus neoformans infections, as
these infections are currently intractable in immunocompromised (including HIV-infected) …

The structure of a Cryptococcus neoformans polysaccharide motif recognized by protective antibodies: A combined NMR and MD study

AA Hargett, HF Azurmendi… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
Cryptococcus neoformans is a fungal pathogen responsible for cryptococcosis and
cryptococcal meningitis. The C. neoformans' capsular polysaccharide and its shed …

High affinity mimotope of the polysaccharide capsule of Cryptococcus neoformans identified from an evolutionary phage peptide library

DO Beenhouwer, RJ May, P Valadon… - The Journal of …, 2002 - journals.aai.org
Cryptococcus neoformans causes a life-threatening meningoencephalitis in a significant
percentage of AIDS patients. Mice immunized with a glycoconjugate vaccine composed of …