Acanthamoeba is known to interact with a plethora of microorganisms such as bacteria,
fungi and viruses. In these interactions, the amoebae can be predatory in nature …

Virulence of Cryptococcus neoformans for mammals, and in particular its intracellular style,
was proposed to emerge from evolutionary pressures on its natural environment by …

Several dimorphic fungi are important human pathogens, but the origin and maintenance of
virulence in these organisms is enigmatic, since an interaction with a mammalian host is not …

The disease cryptococcosis, caused by the fungus Cryptococcus neoformans, is acquired
directly from environmental exposure rather than transmitted person-to-person. One …

Manganese superoxide dismutase is an essential component of the mitochondrial
antioxidant defense system of most eukaryotes. In the present study, we used a reverse …

We found that the ingestion of Cryptococcus neoformans by Drosophila melanogaster
resulted in the death of the fly but that the ingestion of Saccharomyces cerevisiae or the …

Cryptococcosis is mainly caused by Cryptococcus neoformans. However, the number of
cases due to C. gattii is increasing, affecting mainly immunocompetent hosts. C. gattii is …

Cryptococcus neoformans is the leading cause of fungal meningitis in humans. Production
of a polysaccharide capsule is a key virulence property for the fungus and capsule synthesis …

Non-mammalian models have been used to investigate fungal virulence. In this work we
have explored the use of Galleria mellonella as an infection model for the pathogenic …

Mini-host models have emerged as simple experimental systems to study the pathogenesis
and host innate immune responses in fungal invaders and also to test drug efficacy against …