The evolution of fungal drug resistance: modulating the trajectory from genotype to phenotype

LE Cowen - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2008 - nature.com
The emergence of drug resistance in pathogenic microorganisms provides an excellent
example of microbial evolution that has had profound consequences for human health. The …

[HTML][HTML] Hsp90 orchestrates stress response signaling governing fungal drug resistance

LE Cowen - PLoS pathogens, 2009 - journals.plos.org
The emergence of drug resistance in microbial pathogens provides a poignant example of
an evolutionary process with a profound impact on human health. Fungal drug resistance …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic and genomic architecture of the evolution of resistance to antifungal drug combinations

JA Hill, R Ammar, D Torti, C Nislow, LE Cowen - PLoS genetics, 2013 - journals.plos.org
The evolution of drug resistance in fungal pathogens compromises the efficacy of the limited
number of antifungal drugs. Drug combinations have emerged as a powerful strategy to …

Evolution of antifungal-drug resistance: mechanisms and pathogen fitness

JB Anderson - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2005 - nature.com
Like other microorganisms, fungi exist in populations that are adaptable. Under the selection
imposed by antifungal drugs, drug-sensitive fungal pathogens frequently evolve resistance …

Stress, drugs, and evolution: the role of cellular signaling in fungal drug resistance

LE Cowen, WJ Steinbach - Eukaryotic cell, 2008 - Am Soc Microbiol
The survival of all organisms depends critically upon interactions with the environment,
mediated largely through the action of small molecules. Small molecules can provide the …

Hsp90 potentiates the rapid evolution of new traits: drug resistance in diverse fungi

LE Cowen, S Lindquist - Science, 2005 - science.org
Hsp90 is a molecular chaperone for many signal transducers and may influence evolution
by releasing previously silent genetic variation in response to environmental change. In …

[HTML][HTML] Fitness trade-offs associated with the evolution of resistance to antifungal drug combinations

JA Hill, TR O'Meara, LE Cowen - Cell Reports, 2015 - cell.com
The evolution of drug resistance threatens human health worldwide. An emerging strategy to
mitigate drug resistance is combination therapy. The fate of multidrug-resistant pathogens …

[HTML][HTML] Fitness trade-offs restrict the evolution of resistance to amphotericin B

BM Vincent, AK Lancaster, R Scherz-Shouval… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
The evolution of drug resistance in microbial pathogens provides a paradigm for
investigating evolutionary dynamics with important consequences for human health …

Antifungal drug resistance: evolution, mechanisms and impact

NM Revie, KR Iyer, N Robbins, LE Cowen - Current opinion in …, 2018 - Elsevier
Highlights•Our limited arsenal of antifungals is threatened by drug-resistant fungal
pathogens.•Inherent resistance is when all strains of a species show antifungal …

[HTML][HTML] Facilitators of adaptation and antifungal resistance mechanisms in clinically relevant fungi

MWJ Hokken, BJ Zwaan, WJG Melchers… - Fungal genetics and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Opportunistic fungal pathogens can cause a diverse range of diseases in humans. The
increasing rate of fungal infections caused by strains that are resistant to commonly used …