Melanin Pigments of Fungi under Extreme Environmental Conditions (Review) Page 1 ISSN
0003 6838, Applied Biochemistry and Microbiology, 2014, Vol. 50, No. 2, pp. 105–113. © …

Melanins provide fungi protection from environmental stressors, support their ecological
roles, and can confer virulence in pathogens. While the function, structure, and synthesis of …

Fungi possess all kinds of melanins found in nature. These pigments are products of
polymerization of phenolic compounds. Phenolic precursors determine the polymerization …

The fungus Cryptococcus neoformans is the causative agent of cryptococcosis, a disease
that is uniformly lethal unless treated with antifungal drugs, yet current regimens are …

The human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans undergoes many phenotypic
changes to promote its survival in specific ecological niches and inside the host. To explore …

A primary virulence-associated trait of the opportunistic fungal pathogen Cryptococcus
neoformans is the production of melanin pigments that are deposited into the cell wall and …

Melanin is a major virulence factor in pathogenic fungi that enhances the ability of fungal
cells to resist immune clearance. Cryptococcus neoformans is an important human …

Melanin, an important virulence factor of pathogenic fungi, has been shown to suppress host
immune responses in multiple ways. Autophagy is a vital cellular mechanism underlying the …

Despite recent improvements in the diagnosis and treatment of cryptococcosis, cryptococcal
meningitis is responsible for> 600,000 deaths/year worldwide. The aim of this work is to …

Cryptococcosis is an opportunistic fungal infection caused mainly by Cryptococcus
neoformans. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the inhibitory effect of …