Through the wall: extracellular vesicles in Gram-positive bacteria, mycobacteria and fungi

L Brown, JM Wolf, R Prados-Rosales… - Nature Reviews …, 2015 - nature.com
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are produced by all domains of life. In Gram-negative bacteria,
EVs are produced by the pinching off of the outer membrane; however, how EVs escape the …

Message in a bubble: shuttling small RNAs and proteins between cells and interacting organisms using extracellular vesicles

Q Cai, B He, S Wang, S Fletcher, D Niu… - Annual review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Communication between plant cells and interacting microorganisms requires the secretion
and uptake of functional molecules to and from the extracellular environment and is …

An overlooked and underrated endemic mycosis—Talaromycosis and the pathogenic fungus Talaromyces marneffei

F Wang, RH Han, S Chen - Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Talaromycosis is an invasive mycosis endemic in tropical and subtropical Asia and is
caused by the pathogenic fungus Talaromyces marneffei. Approximately 17,300 cases of T …

[HTML][HTML] Candida albicans biofilm–induced vesicles confer drug resistance through matrix biogenesis

R Zarnowski, H Sanchez, AS Covelli, E Dominguez… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Cells from all kingdoms of life produce extracellular vesicles (EVs). Their cargo is protected
from the environment by the surrounding lipid bilayer. EVs from many organisms have been …

Extracellular vesicles—connecting kingdoms

E Woith, G Fuhrmann, MF Melzig - International journal of molecular …, 2019 - mdpi.com
It is known that extracellular vesicles (EVs) are shed from cells of almost every type of cell or
organism, showing their ubiquity in all empires of life. EVs are defined as naturally released …

Fungal melanin: what do we know about structure?

JD Nosanchuk, RE Stark, A Casadevall - Frontiers in microbiology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
The production of melanin significantly enhances the virulence of many important human
pathogenic fungi. Despite fungal melanin's importance in human disease, as well as …

The multifunctional fungal ergosterol

ML Rodrigues - MBio, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
The roles of ergosterol in the regulation of membrane fluidity and structure, as well its role as
a target for the activity of antifungals, have been known for decades. Two recent studies …

Extracellular vesicles in fungi: past, present, and future perspectives

J Rizzo, ML Rodrigues, G Janbon - Frontiers in Cellular and Infection …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) have garnered much interest in the cell biology and biomedical
research fields. Many studies have reported the existence of EVs in all types of living cells …

Extracellular vesicles secreted by Saccharomyces cerevisiae are involved in cell wall remodelling

K Zhao, M Bleackley, D Chisanga, L Gangoda… - Communications …, 2019 - nature.com
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are membranous vesicles that are released by cells. In this
study, the role of the Endosomal Sorting Complex Required for Transport (ESCRT) …

A common vesicle proteome drives fungal biofilm development

R Zarnowski, H Sanchez, A Jaromin… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Extracellular vesicles mediate community interactions among cells ranging from unicellular
microbes to complex vertebrates. Extracellular vesicles of the fungal pathogen Candida …