Effects of CO2 in fungi

BJ Chadwick, X Lin - Current Opinion in Microbiology, 2024 - Elsevier
Carbon dioxide supplies carbon for photosynthetic species and is a major product of
respiration for all life forms. Inside the human body where CO 2 is a by-product of the …

Sensing and responding to host-derived stress signals: lessons from fungal meningitis pathogen

KW Jung, SH Lee, KT Lee, YS Bahn - Current Opinion in Microbiology, 2024 - Elsevier
The sophisticated ability of living organisms to sense and respond to external stimuli is
critical for survival. This is particularly true for fungal pathogens, where the capacity to adapt …

Unsaturated fatty acid perturbation combats emerging triazole antifungal resistance in the human fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus

C Gutierrez-Perez, C Puerner, JT Jones, S Vellanki… - Mbio, 2024 - journals.asm.org
Contemporary antifungal therapies utilized to treat filamentous fungal infections are inhibited
by intrinsic and emerging drug resistance. Consequently, there is an urgent need to develop …

Discovery of CO2 tolerance genes associated with virulence in the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

BJ Chadwick, LC Ristow, X Xie, DJ Krysan, X Lin - Nature microbiology, 2024 - nature.com
Cryptococcus neoformans is a ubiquitous soil fungus and airborne pathogen that causes
over 180,000 deaths each year. Cryptococcus must adapt to host CO2 levels to cause …

Brilacidin, a novel antifungal agent against Cryptococcus neoformans

C Diehl, CF Pinzan, PA de Castro, E Delbaje… - Mbio, 2024 - journals.asm.org
Cryptococcus neoformans causes cryptococcosis, one of the most prevalent fungal
diseases, generally characterized by meningitis. There is a limited and not very effective …

Aspartyl peptidase May1 induces host inflammatory response by altering cell wall composition in the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

Y Li, B Chadwick, T Pham, X Xie, X Lin - Mbio, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Cryptococcus neoformans causes cryptococcal meningoencephalitis, a disease that kills
more than 180,000 people annually. Contributing to its success as a fungal pathogen is its …

Illuminating the Cryptococcus neoformans species complex: unveiling intracellular structures with fluorescent-protein-based markers

R Shi, X Lin - Genetics, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Cryptococcus neoformans is a fungal pathogen of the top critical priority recognized by the
World Health Organization. This clinically important fungus also serves as a eukaryotic …

Pleiotropic roles of LAMMER kinase, Lkh1 in stress responses and virulence of Cryptococcus neoformans

S Kwon, Y Choi, ES Kim, KT Lee, YS Bahn… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Dual-specificity LAMMER kinases are highly evolutionarily conserved in eukaryotes and
play pivotal roles in diverse physiological processes, such as growth, differentiation, and …

A series of pyrimidine-based antifungals with anti-mold activity disrupt ER function in Aspergillus fumigatus

MT Kelty, A Miron-Ocampo, SR Beattie - Microbiology spectrum, 2024 - journals.asm.org
Fungal infections are a major contributor to morbidity and mortality among
immunocompromised populations. Moreover, fungal disease caused by molds are difficult to …

Carbon Dioxide Controls Fungal Fitness and Skin Tropism of Candida auris

PC Trinh, P Penninger, S Seiser, N Khunweeraphong… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
The pronounced skin tropism and pan-antifungal resistance traits of the fungal pathogen
Candida auris stand out as a serious health threat. Here, we show that a carbonic sensing …