Cryptococcus spp., in particular Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii, have an
enormous impact on human health worldwide. The global burden of cryptococcal meningitis …

In the past few years, fungal diseases caused estimated over 1.6 million deaths annually
and over one billion people suffer from severe fungal diseases (;). Public health surveillance …

Cryptococcus neoformans is an encapsulated fungal pathogen that causes infection in
immunocompromised individuals such as HIV patients, organ transplant patients …

Fungal infections are a global concern and the evolution of intrinsic resistance to current
antifungals presents an alarming problem. For Cryptococcus neoformans, a human fungal …

Quorum sensing (QS) is one of the most studied cell-cell communication mechanisms in
fungi. Research in the last 20 years has explored various fungal QS systems that are …

Cryptococcus neoformans (C. neoformans) is a pathogenic fungus with a global distribution.
Humans become infected by inhaling the fungus from the environment, and the fungus …

Human fungal pathogens that cause invasive infections are hidden killers, taking lives of
one and a half million people every year. However, research progress in this field has not …

Highlights•Fungi are often neglected, important human pathogens.•Survival and growth in
the host are prerequisites for pathogenesis.•Host damage derives from an interplay between …

Melanin, a black-brown pigment found throughout all kingdoms of life, has diverse biological
functions including UV protection, thermoregulation, oxidant scavenging, arthropod …

The release of biomolecules critically affects all pathogens and their establishment of
diseases. For the export of several biomolecules in diverse species, the use of extracellular …