Cryptococcus: from environmental saprophyte to global pathogen

RC May, NRH Stone, DL Wiesner, T Bicanic… - Nature Reviews …, 2016 - nature.com
Cryptococcosis is a globally distributed invasive fungal infection that is caused by species
within the genus Cryptococcus which presents substantial therapeutic challenges. Although …

Monocyte trafficking across the vessel wall

T Gerhardt, K Ley - Cardiovascular research, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Monocytes fundamentally contribute to immune surveillance and the inflammatory response
in immunoinflammatory diseases like atherosclerosis. Recruitment of these cells to the site …

Compromised bone healing in aged rats is associated with impaired M2 macrophage function

J Löffler, FA Sass, S Filter, A Rose… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Fracture repair is initiated by a multitude of immune cells and induction of an inflammatory
cascade. Alterations in the early healing response due to an aged adaptive immune system …

Host Immunity to Cryptococcus Neoformans

S Rohatgi, L Pirofski - Future microbiology, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Cryptococcosis is caused by the fungal genus Cryptococcus. Cryptococcosis, predominantly
meningoencephalitis, emerged with the HIV pandemic, primarily afflicting HIV-infected …

[HTML][HTML] Engineering a folic acid-decorated ultrasmall gemcitabine nanocarrier for breast cancer therapy: Dual targeting of tumor cells and tumor-associated …

P Moharil, Z Wan, A Pardeshi, J Li, H Huang… - … Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2022 - Elsevier
Combination of passive targeting with active targeting is a promising approach to improve
the therapeutic efficacy of nanotherapy. However, most reported polymeric systems have …

[HTML][HTML] Mesenchymal stem cell-macrophage choreography supporting spinal cord repair

I Maldonado-Lasunción, J Verhaagen, M Oudega - Neurotherapeutics, 2018 - Elsevier
Spinal cord injury results in destructive events that lead to tissue loss and functional
impairments. A hallmark of spinal cord injury is the robust and persistent presence of …

TNF-α-Producing Cryptococcus neoformans Exerts Protective Effects on Host Defenses in Murine Pulmonary Cryptococcosis

Z Fa, J Xu, J Yi, J Sang, W Pan, Q Xie, R Yang… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) plays a critical role in the control of cryptococcal
infection, and its insufficiency promotes cryptococcal persistence. To explore the therapeutic …

Cryptococcosis associated with biologic therapy: a narrative review

X Li, O Paccoud, KH Chan, KY Yuen… - Open Forum …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Cryptococcus is an opportunistic fungal pathogen that can cause disseminated infection with
predominant central nervous system involvement in patients with compromised immunity …

Targeted imaging of tumor-associated macrophages by cyanine 7-labeled mannose in xenograft tumors

C Jiang, H Cai, X Peng, P Zhang, X Wu… - Molecular …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Mannose receptor is considered as a hallmark of M2-oriented tumor-associated
macrophages (TAMs), but its utility in TAMs was rarely reported. Therefore, deoxymannose …

Innate Pulmonary Phagocytes and Their Interactions with Pathogenic Cryptococcus Species

BN Conn, KL Wozniak - Journal of Fungi, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cryptococcus neoformans is an opportunistic fungal pathogen that causes over 180,000
annual deaths in HIV/AIDS patients. Innate phagocytes in the lungs, such as dendritic cells …