Azole antifungals: 35 years of invasive fungal infection management

D Allen, D Wilson, R Drew, J Perfect - Expert review of anti-infective …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Prior to 1981, treatment options for invasive fungal infections were limited and associated
with significant toxicities. The introduction of ketoconazole marked the beginning of an era of …

Systematic review and meta-analysis of the tolerability and hepatotoxicity of antifungals in empirical and definitive therapy for invasive fungal infection

JL Wang, CH Chang, Y Young-Xu… - Antimicrobial agents and …, 2010 - Am Soc Microbiol
To evaluate the tolerability and liver safety profiles of the systemic antifungal agents
commonly used for the treatment of invasive fungal infection, we conducted a systematic …

Steroid-transforming enzymes in fungi

K Kristan, TL Rižner - The Journal of steroid biochemistry and molecular …, 2012 - Elsevier
Fungal species are a very important source of many different enzymes, and the ability of
fungi to transform steroids has been used for several decades in the production of …

Synthesis and biological evaluation of amphotericin B derivatives

AA Volmer, AM Szpilman, EM Carreira - Natural product reports, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 1955 to 2009 The preparation and biological properties of various AmB analogs
and conjugates that have been studied since the introduction of AmB into the clinic over 50 …

[HTML][HTML] Natural products targeting the synthesis of β (1, 3)-D-glucan and chitin of the fungal cell wall. Existing drugs and recent findings

MÁ Curto, E Butassi, JC Ribas, LA Svetaz, JCG Cortés - Phytomedicine, 2021 - Elsevier
Background: During the last three decades systemic fungal infections associated to
immunosuppressive therapies have become a serious healthcare problem. Clinical …

Formulation development, characterization and antifungal evaluation of chitosan NPs for topical delivery of voriconazole in vitro and ex vivo

MKA Shah, AK Azad, A Nawaz, S Ullah, MS Latif… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
This study aims to develop chitosan-based voriconazole nanoparticles (NPs) using spray-
drying technique. The effect of surfactants and polymers on the physicochemical properties …

Virulence and biofilms as promising targets in developing antipathogenic drugs against candidiasis

MS Ahmad Khan, F Alshehrei, SB Al-Ghamdi… - Future science …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Candida albicans has remained the main etiological agent of candidiasis, challenges
clinicians with high mortality and morbidity. The emergence of resistance to antifungal drugs …

Rodent Models of Invasive Aspergillosis due to Aspergillus fumigatus: Still a Long Path toward Standardization

G Desoubeaux, C Cray - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Invasive aspergillosis has been studied in laboratory by the means of plethora of distinct
animal models. They were developed to address pathophysiology, therapy, diagnosis, or …

Comparative genomics allowed the identification of drug targets against human fungal pathogens

AKR Abadio, ES Kioshima, MM Teixeira, NF Martins… - BMC genomics, 2011 - Springer
Background The prevalence of invasive fungal infections (IFIs) has increased steadily
worldwide in the last few decades. Particularly, there has been a global rise in the number of …

Glycosyltransferases and their assays

GK Wagner, T Pesnot - ChemBioChem, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Glycosyltransferases (GTs) are a large family of enzymes that are essential in all domains of
life for the biosynthesis of complex carbohydrates and glycoconjugates. GTs catalyse the …