Contact killing and antimicrobial properties of copper

M Vincent, RE Duval, P Hartemann… - Journal of applied …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
With the emergence of antibiotic resistance, the interest for antimicrobial agents has recently
increased again in public health. Copper was recognized in 2008 by the United States …

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 …

Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii, the etiologic agents of cryptococcosis

KJ Kwon-Chung, JA Fraser… - Cold Spring …, 2014 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii are the two etiologic agents of
cryptococcosis. They belong to the phylum Basidiomycota and can be readily distinguished …

Fungi that infect humans

JR Köhler, B Hube, R Puccia, A Casadevall… - Microbiology …, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
Fungi must meet four criteria to infect humans: growth at human body temperatures,
circumvention or penetration of surface barriers, lysis and absorption of tissue, and …

The 100-genomes strains, an S. cerevisiae resource that illuminates its natural phenotypic and genotypic variation and emergence as an opportunistic pathogen

PK Strope, DA Skelly, SG Kozmin… - Genome …, 2015 - genome.cshlp.org
Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a well-established model for species as diverse as humans and
pathogenic fungi, is more recently a model for population and quantitative genetics. S …

Metals in fungal virulence

F Gerwien, V Skrahina, L Kasper… - FEMS microbiology …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Metals are essential for life, and they play a central role in the struggle between infecting
microbes and their hosts. In fact, an important aspect of microbial pathogenesis is the …

Gut microbiota bridges dietary nutrients and host immunity

L Fan, Y Xia, Y Wang, D Han, Y Liu, J Li, J Fu… - Science China Life …, 2023 - Springer
Dietary nutrients and the gut microbiota are increasingly recognized to cross-regulate and
entrain each other, and thus affect host health and immune-mediated diseases. Here, we …

[HTML][HTML] Metallothioneins: emerging modulators in immunity and infection

K Subramanian Vignesh, GS Deepe Jr - International journal of molecular …, 2017 - mdpi.com
Metallothioneins (MTs) are a family of metal-binding proteins virtually expressed in all
organisms including prokaryotes, lower eukaryotes, invertebrates and mammals. These …

The Yin and Yang of copper during infection

AN Besold, EM Culbertson, VC Culotta - JBIC Journal of Biological …, 2016 - Springer
Copper is an essential micronutrient for both pathogens and the animal hosts they infect.
However, copper can also be toxic in cells due to its redox properties and ability to disrupt …

Copper signaling in the brain and beyond

CM Ackerman, CJ Chang - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2018 - ASBMB
Transition metals have been recognized and studied primarily in the context of their
essential roles as structural and metabolic cofactors for biomolecules that compose living …