Histoplasmosis in Africa: an emerging or a neglected disease?

RO Oladele, OO Ayanlowo… - PLoS neglected …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Histoplasmosis in Africa has markedly increased since the advent of the HIV/AIDS epidemic
but is under-recognised. Pulmonary histoplasmosis may be misdiagnosed as tuberculosis …

Pathogenicity & virulence of Histoplasma capsulatum - A multifaceted organism adapted to intracellular environments

AF Valdez, DZ Miranda, AJ Guimarães, L Nimrichter… - Virulence, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Histoplasmosis is a systemic mycosis caused by the thermally dimorphic fungus
Histoplasma capsulatum. Although healthy individuals can develop histoplasmosis, the …

A dissemination-prone morphotype enhances extrapulmonary organ entry by Cryptococcus neoformans

ST Denham, B Brammer, KY Chung, MA Wambaugh… - Cell host & …, 2022 - cell.com
Environmental pathogens move from ecological niches to mammalian hosts, requiring
adaptation to dramatically different environments. Microbes that disseminate farther …

Vesicle and Vesicle-Free Extracellular Proteome of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis: Comparative Analysis with Other Pathogenic Fungi

MC Vallejo, ES Nakayasu, AL Matsuo… - Journal of proteome …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Microorganisms release effector molecules that modulate the host machinery enabling
survival, replication, and dissemination of a pathogen. Here we characterized the …

Phenotypic Characteristics Associated with Virulence of Clinical Isolates from the Sporothrix Complex

R Almeida-Paes, LC De Oliveira… - BioMed research …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The Sporothrix complex members cause sporotrichosis, a subcutaneous mycosis with a
wide spectrum of clinical manifestations. Several specific phenotypic characteristics are …

CR3 and dectin-1 collaborate in macrophage cytokine response through association on lipid rafts and activation of Syk-JNK-AP-1 pathway

JH Huang, CY Lin, SY Wu, WY Chen, CL Chu… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Collaboration between heterogeneous pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) leading to
synergistic coordination of immune response is important for the host to fight against …

Antibody binding alters the characteristics and contents of extracellular vesicles released by Histoplasma capsulatum

L Matos Baltazar, ES Nakayasu, TJP Sobreira, H Choi… - Msphere, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
Histoplasma capsulatum produces extracellular vesicles containing virulence-associated
molecules capable of modulating host machinery, benefiting the pathogen. Treatment of H …

[PDF][PDF] Cell wall proteome of pathogenic fungi

J Karkowska-Kuleta, A Kozik - 2015 - ruj.uj.edu.pl
A fast development of a wide variety of proteomic techniques supported by mass
spectrometry coupled with high performance liquid chromatography has been observed in …

Histoplasmosis in African children: clinical features, diagnosis and treatment

BE Ekeng, K Edem, P Akintan… - … Advances in Infectious …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Most of the reviews on histoplasmosis documented in literature have been in the adult
population. Very few studies highlight the peculiarities associated with histoplasmosis in …

Exploring the antifungal mechanism of limonin-loaded eugenol emulsion against Penicillium italicum: From the perspective of microbial metabolism

Y Li, L Guo, Z Zhou - Postharvest Biology and Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Penicillium italicum (P. italicum), the cause of citrus blue mould, is a pathogenic
fungus that seriously affects the postharvest quality of citrus fruit and causes severe …