Antifungal drugs: New insights in research & development

AM Nicola, P Albuquerque, HC Paes… - Pharmacology & …, 2019 - Elsevier
The need for better antifungal therapy is commonly accepted in view of the high mortality
rates associated with systemic infections, the low number of available antifungal classes …

Regulatory roles of histone modifications in filamentous fungal pathogens

Y Lai, L Wang, W Zheng, S Wang - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
Filamentous fungal pathogens have evolved diverse strategies to infect a variety of hosts
including plants and insects. The dynamic infection process requires rapid and fine-tuning …

Life Cycle of Cryptococcus neoformans

Y Zhao, J Lin, Y Fan, X Lin - Annual review of microbiology, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Cryptococcus neoformans is a ubiquitous environmental fungus and an opportunistic
pathogen that causes fatal cryptococcal meningitis. Advances in genomics, genetics, and …

Novel promising antifungal target proteins for conquering invasive fungal infections

C Zhen, H Lu, Y Jiang - Frontiers in microbiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Invasive fungal infections (IFIs) pose a serious clinical problem, but the antifungal arsenal is
limited and has many disadvantages, such as drug resistance and toxicity. Hence, there is …

Post-translational modifications drive success and failure of fungal–host interactions

C Retanal, B Ball, J Geddes-McAlister - Journal of Fungi, 2021 - mdpi.com
Post-translational modifications (PTMs) change the structure and function of proteins and
regulate a diverse array of biological processes. Fungal pathogens rely on PTMs to …

The interplay of phenotype and genotype in Cryptococcus neoformans disease

S Altamirano, KM Jackson, K Nielsen - Bioscience Reports, 2020 - portlandpress.com
Cryptococcus neoformans is an opportunistic fungal pathogen that causes life-threatening
meningitis primarily in immunocompromised individuals. In order to survive and proliferate …

Cryptococcus neoformans: Sex, morphogenesis, and virulence

Y Zhao, X Lin - Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 2021 - Elsevier
Cryptococcus neoformans is a dimorphic fungus that causes lethal meningoencephalitis
mainly in immunocompromised individuals. Different morphotypes enable this …

Epigenetic mechanisms of drug resistance in fungi

Z Chang, V Yadav, SC Lee, J Heitman - Fungal Genetics and Biology, 2019 - Elsevier
The emergence of drug-resistant fungi poses a continuously increasing threat to human
health. Despite advances in preventive care and diagnostics, resistant fungi continue to …

Lanosterol 14α-demethylase (CYP51)/histone deacetylase (HDAC) dual inhibitors for treatment of Candida tropicalis and Cryptococcus neoformans infections

T Zhu, X Chen, C Li, J Tu, N Liu, D Xu… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Invasive fungal infections remain a challenge due to lack of effective antifungal agents and
serious drug resistance. Discovery of antifungal agents with novel antifungal mechanism is …

Nanotechnology-based approaches for voriconazole delivery applied to invasive fungal infections

L de Almeida Campos, MT Fin, KS Santos… - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Invasive fungal infections increase mortality and morbidity rates worldwide. The treatment of
these infections is still limited due to the low bioavailability and toxicity, requiring therapeutic …