Over the last decades, fungal infections have emerged as a growing threat to human health.
Although the human body is at potential risk, various body sites host several commensal …

Perception of external stimuli and generation of an appropriate response are crucial for host
colonization by pathogens. In pathogenic fungi, mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK) …

Mucin glycans are an important component of the mucus barrier and a vital defence against
physical and chemical damage as well as pathogens. There are 20 mucins in the human …

Phagocytic cells such as macrophages play an important role in the host defense
mechanisms mounted in response to the common human fungal pathogen Candida …

More than 1.5 million fungal species are estimated to live in vastly different environmental
niches. Despite each unique host environment, fungal cells sense certain fundamentally …

The most important dogma in white-wine production is the preservation of the wine aroma
and the limitation of the oxidative action of oxygen. In contrast, the aging of Sherry and …

Oomycetes are filamentous organisms that cause notorious diseases, several of which have
a high economic impact. Well known is Phytophthora infestans, the causal agent of potato …

The opportunistic fungal pathogen Candida albicans occupies various niches of the human
body such as the skin and the mucosal surfaces of the gastrointestinal and urogenital tracts …

The opportunistic fungal pathogen Candida albicans frequently produces genetically altered
variants to adapt to environmental changes and new host niches in the course of its life-long …

We are constantly exposed to the threat of fungal infection. The outcome—clearance,
commensalism or infection—depends largely on the ability of our innate immune defences …