Acidity‐Activatable Nanoparticles with Glucose Oxidase‐Enhanced Photoacoustic Imaging and Photothermal Effect, and Macrophage‐Related Immunomodulation for …

Y Dai, J Mei, Z Li, L Kong, W Zhu, Q Li, K Wu, Y Huang… - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The pH‐responsive theragnostics exhibit great potential for precision diagnosis and
treatment of diseases. Herein, acidity‐activatable nanoparticles of GB@ P based on glucose …

Novel approaches to preventing phagosomal infections: timing is key

NC Peters, N Khan, CH Mody - Trends in Immunology, 2023 - cell.com
Prophylactic vaccination strategies designed to prevent diseases caused by pathogens
using the phagolysosome of innate immune cells as a site of intracellular replication and …

The Cryptococcus neoformans Flc1 homologue controls calcium homeostasis and confers fungal pathogenicity in the infected hosts

PR Stempinski, KD Goughenour, LM du Plooy… - Mbio, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Cryptococcus neoformans, an opportunistic yeast pathogen, relies on a complex network of
stress response pathways that allow for proliferation in the host. In Saccharomyces …

A Cyclam Salt as an Antifungal Agent: Interference with Candida spp. and Cryptococcus neoformans Mechanisms of Virulence

F Cerqueira, R Medeiros, I Lopes, C Campos… - Antibiotics, 2024 - mdpi.com
The importance of fungal infections, particularly those caused by yeasts, is increasing
among the medical community. Candida albicans and Cryptococcus neoformans are …

[HTML][HTML] Alternative Oxidase–Aid or obstacle to combat the rise of fungal pathogens?

ESM Edrich, L Duvenage, CW Gourlay - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta …, 2024 - Elsevier
Fungal pathogens present a growing threat to both humans and global health security alike.
Increasing evidence of antifungal resistance in fungal populations that infect both humans …

Protection of Pacific white shrimp (Penaeus vannamei) against white spot syndrome virus infection by nitric oxide-generating compound S-nitrosoglutathione

Q Lai, C Yu, F Zhao, Y Cheng, Q Zheng, C Pan, ZY Lin… - Aquaculture, 2024 - Elsevier
Nitric oxide (NO), a highly reactive free radical generated endogenously by nitric oxide
synthase (NOS), plays crucial roles in immune defense against a broad range of pathogens …

Cryptococcus neoformans trehalose-6-phosphate synthase (tps1) promotes organ-specific virulence and fungal protection against multiple lines of host defenses

K Goughenour, A Creech, J Xu, X He… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Trehalose-6-phosphate synthase (TPS1) was identified as a virulence factor for
Cryptococcus neoformans and a promising therapeutic target. This study reveals previously …

Immunological Analysis of Cryptococcal Meningoencephalitis in a Murine Model

J Xu, K Goughenour, WR Underwood… - … Immunity: Methods and …, 2023 - Springer
Cryptococcal meningoencephalitis (CM), caused by the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus
neoformans species complex, can lead to high mortality or severe neurological sequelae in …

Development and characterisation of a zebrafish larval model to investigate mechanisms for pathophysiology of intracranial hypertension in cryptococcal meningitis

Z Chalakova - 2022 - etheses.whiterose.ac.uk
Cryptococcosis is a fungal infection caused by members of the genus Cryptococcus.
Worldwide, the most prevalent pathogen of this genus is the encapsulated saprophyte …