Threats posed by the fungal kingdom to humans, wildlife, and agriculture

MC Fisher, SJ Gurr, CA Cuomo, DS Blehert, H Jin… - MBio, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
The fungal kingdom includes at least 6 million eukaryotic species and is remarkable with
respect to its profound impact on global health, biodiversity, ecology, agriculture …

Bacterial–fungal interactions: ecology, mechanisms and challenges

A Deveau, G Bonito, J Uehling… - FEMS microbiology …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Fungi and bacteria are found living together in a wide variety of environments. Their
interactions are significant drivers of many ecosystem functions and are important for the …

[HTML][HTML] Interleukin-36 in infectious and inflammatory skin diseases

AL Buhl, J Wenzel - Frontiers in Immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Interleukin-36 (IL-36) comprises to a cytokine family consisting of four isoforms IL-36α, IL-
36β, IL-36γ, and IL-36 receptor antagonist (IL-36 Ra). These IL-36 cytokines, in turn, belong …

The intestinal 3M (microbiota, metabolism, metabolome) zeitgeist–from fundamentals to future challenges

P Dey, SR Chaudhuri, T Efferth, S Pal - Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2021 - Elsevier
The role of the intestine in human health and disease has historically been neglected and
was mostly attributed to digestive and absorptive functions. In the past two decades …

[HTML][HTML] Urobiome: An outlook on the metagenome of urological diseases

R Shoemaker, J Kim - Investigative and Clinical Urology, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The urinary tract likely plays a role in the development of various urinary diseases due to the
recently recognized notion that urine is not sterile. In this mini review, we summarize the …

The bladder is not sterile: an update on the urinary microbiome

AL Ackerman, TC Chai - Current bladder dysfunction reports, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The article discusses (1) techniques used to study bacterial
urinary microbiota;(2) existence of non-bacterial urinary microbiota;(3) associations between …

[HTML][HTML] Emulating interactions between microorganisms and tumor microenvironment to develop cancer theranostics

T Jiang, T Yang, Y Chen, Y Miao, Y Xu, H Jiang… - Theranostics, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The occurrence of microorganisms has been confirmed in the tumor microenvironment
(TME) of many different organs. Microorganisms (eg, phage, virus, bacteria, fungi, and …

Altered intestinal permeability and fungal translocation in Ugandan children with human immunodeficiency virus

S Dirajlal-Fargo, V El-Kamari, L Weiner… - Clinical Infectious …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background Children with perinatally acquired human immunodeficiency virus (HIV; PHIVs)
face a lifelong cumulative exposure to HIV and antiretroviral therapy (ART). The relationship …

[HTML][HTML] Mycobiota and C-type lectin receptors in cancers: know thy neighbors

L Zhang, D Chai, C Chen, C Li, Z Qiu, T Kuang… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Numerous studies have demonstrated the importance of gut bacteria in the development of
malignancy, while relatively little research has been done on gut mycobiota. As a part of the …

The oral mycobiome: Oral epithelial dysplasia and oral squamous cell carcinoma

VI Theofilou, A Alfaifi… - Journal of Oral …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Fungi, a diverse group of eukaryotic organisms, play distinct roles in health and disease.
Recent advances in the field of mycobiology have enabled the characterization of the …