The still underestimated problem of fungal diseases worldwide

F Almeida, ML Rodrigues, C Coelho - Frontiers in microbiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
In the past few years, fungal diseases caused estimated over 1.6 million deaths annually
and over one billion people suffer from severe fungal diseases (;). Public health surveillance …

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 …

State-of-the-art dermatophyte infections: epidemiology aspects, pathophysiology, and resistance mechanisms

NM Martinez-Rossi, NTA Peres, TA Bitencourt… - Journal of Fungi, 2021 - mdpi.com
The burden of fungal infections is not widely appreciated. Although these infections are
responsible for over one million deaths annually, it is estimated that one billion people are …

Extracellular vesicles in the fungi kingdom

M Liebana-Jordan, B Brotons, JM Falcon-Perez… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are membranous, rounded vesicles released by prokaryotic and
eukaryotic cells in their normal and pathophysiological states. These vesicles form a network …

Communication is key: extracellular vesicles as mediators of infection and defence during host–microbe interactions in animals and plants

H U. Stotz, D Brotherton, J Inal - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are now understood to be ubiquitous mediators of cellular
communication. In this review, we suggest that EVs have evolved into a highly regulated …

Extracellular Vesicles From the Cotton Pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum Induce a Phytotoxic Response in Plants

MR Bleackley, M Samuel, D Garcia-Ceron… - Frontiers in plant …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) represent a system for the coordinated secretion of a variety of
molecular cargo including proteins, lipids, nucleic acids, and metabolites. They have an …

Skin immunity to dermatophytes: From experimental infection models to human disease

VL Burstein, I Beccacece, L Guasconi… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Dermatophytoses (ringworms) are among the most frequent skin infections and are a highly
prevalent cause of human disease worldwide. Despite the incidence of these superficial …

Host-and pathogen-dependent susceptibility and predisposition to dermatophytosis

S Gnat, A Nowakiewicz… - Journal of medical …, 2019 - microbiologyresearch.org
Dermatophytes are a highly specialized group of keratinophilic and keratinolytic filamentous
fungi causing a ringworm disease called dermatophytosis or superficial mycoses. Although …

Characterization of Aspergillus fumigatus Extracellular Vesicles and Their Effects on Macrophages and Neutrophils Functions

JAM Souza, LM Baltazar, VM Carregal… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) has been considered an alternative process for intercellular
communication. EVs release by filamentous fungi and the role of vesicular secretion during …

Extracellular vesicles from the apoplastic fungal wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici

EH Hill, PS Solomon - Fungal biology and biotechnology, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background The fungal pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici is a significant constraint to
wheat production in temperate cropping regions around the world. Despite its agronomic …