Human activities have significantly impacted the environment and are changing our climate
in ways that will have major consequences for ourselves, and endanger animal, plant and …

Fungi are eukaryotic microorganisms found in nature, which can invade the human body
and cause tissue damage, inflammatory reactions, organ dysfunctions, and diseases. These …

Cryptococcus species are a major cause of life-threatening infections in
immunocompromised and immunocompetent hosts. While most disease is caused by …

Microglia provide protection against a range of brain infections including bacteria, viruses
and parasites, but how these glial cells respond to fungal brain infections is poorly …

In recent decades, Galleria mellonella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) have emerged as a model
system to explore experimental aspects of fungal pathogenesis. The benefits of the G …

Human fungal pathogens are a deadly and underappreciated risk to global health that most
severely affect immunocompromised individuals. A virulence attribute shared by some of the …

Members of Cryptococcus gattii/neoformans species complex are the etiological agents of
the potentially fatal human fungal infection cryptococcosis. C. gattii and its sister species …

Melanized root-associated fungi are a group of fungi that produce melanized structures and
form root associations, including different mycorrhizal and endophytic symbioses with plants …

Nonlytic exocytosis is a process in which previously ingested microbes are expelled from
host phagocytes with the concomitant survival of both cell types. This process has been …

Cryptococcosis, an invasive mycosis caused by Cryptococcus spp, kills between 20% and
70% of the patients who develop it. There are no vaccines for prevention, and treatment is …