Vaccination with Recombinant Cryptococcus Proteins in Glucan Particles Protects Mice against Cryptococcosis in a Manner Dependent upon Mouse Strain and …

CA Specht, CK Lee, H Huang, MM Hester, J Liu… - MBio, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
Development of a vaccine to protect against cryptococcosis is a priority given the enormous
global burden of disease in at-risk individuals. Using glucan particles (GPs) as a delivery …

Protection of mice against experimental cryptococcosis using glucan particle-based vaccines containing novel recombinant antigens

MM Hester, CK Lee, A Abraham, P Khoshkenar… - Vaccine, 2020 - Elsevier
Meningitis due to Cryptococcus neoformans is responsible for upwards of 180,000 deaths
worldwide annually, mostly in immunocompromised individuals. Currently there are no …

Protection against Experimental Cryptococcosis following Vaccination with Glucan Particles Containing Cryptococcus Alkaline Extracts

CA Specht, CK Lee, H Huang, DJ Tipper, ZT Shen… - MBio, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT A vaccine capable of protecting at-risk persons against infections due to
Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii could reduce the substantial global …

Protection of mice against experimental cryptococcosis by synthesized peptides delivered in glucan particles

CA Specht, EJ Homan, CK Lee, Z Mou, CL Gomez… - MBio, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
The high global burden of cryptococcosis has made development of a protective vaccine a
public health priority. We previously demonstrated that a vaccine composed of recombinant …

Induction of Broad-Spectrum Protective Immunity against Disparate Cryptococcus Serotypes

MCC Van Dyke, AK Chaturvedi, SE Hardison… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Cryptococcosis is a fungal disease caused by multiple Cryptococcus serotypes; particularly
C. neoformans (serotypes A and D) and C. gattii (serotypes B and C). To date, there is no …

Vaccine and immunotherapeutic approaches for the prevention of cryptococcosis: lessons learned from animal models

CR Hole, FL Wormley Jr - Frontiers in microbiology, 2012 - frontiersin.org
Cryptococcus neoformans and C. gattii, the predominant etiological agents of
cryptococcosis, can cause life-threatening infections of the central nervous system in …

Evaluation of Cryptococcus neoformans galactoxylomannan–protein conjugate as vaccine candidate against murine cryptococcosis

SK Chow, A Casadevall - Vaccine, 2011 - Elsevier
Galactoxylomannan (GalXM) is a complex polysaccharide produced by the human
pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans that mediates profound immunological …

A call to arms: quest for a cryptococcal vaccine

MCC Van Dyke, FL Wormley - Trends in microbiology, 2018 - cell.com
Cryptococcosis remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality world-wide,
particularly among AIDS patients. Yet, to date, there are no licensed vaccines clinically …

Prospects of vaccines for medically important fungi Feasibility and prospects for a vaccine to prevent cryptococcosis

A Casadevall, L Pirofski - Medical mycology, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Cryptococcosis is a relatively common fungal disease caused by Cryptococcus neoformans
that has high morbidity and mortality. Numerous studies have established the feasibility of …

Protective efficacy of antigenic fractions in mouse models of cryptococcosis

MK Mansour, LE Yauch, JB Rottman… - Infection and …, 2004 - Am Soc Microbiol
Infections due to the encapsulated fungus Cryptococcus neoformans are a significant cause
of morbidity and mortality in patients with impaired T-cell function, particularly those with …