Tackling the emerging threat of antifungal resistance to human health

MC Fisher, A Alastruey-Izquierdo, J Berman… - Nature reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Invasive fungal infections pose an important threat to public health and are an under-
recognized component of antimicrobial resistance, an emerging crisis worldwide. Across a …

Azole resistance mechanisms in Aspergillus: update and recent advances

A Pérez-Cantero, L López-Fernández, J Guarro… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Aspergillus fumigatus is the main causal agent of invasive aspergillosis (IA), however other
species of the genus can also cause IA, such as Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus terreus …

The negative cofactor 2 complex is a key regulator of drug resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus

T Furukawa, N Van Rhijn, M Fraczek, F Gsaller… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The frequency of antifungal resistance, particularly to the azole class of ergosterol
biosynthetic inhibitors, is a growing global health problem. Survival rates for those infected …

Aspergillus fumigatus and aspergillosis: From basics to clinics

A Arastehfar, A Carvalho, J Houbraken… - Studies in …, 2021 - ingentaconnect.com
The airborne fungus Aspergillus fumigatus poses a serious health threat to humans by
causing numerous invasive infections and a notable mortality in humans, especially in …

Recent advances in understanding the human fungal pathogen hypoxia response in disease progression

C Puerner, S Vellanki, JL Strauch… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Fungal-mediated disease progression and antifungal drug efficacy are significantly
impacted by the dynamic infection microenvironment. At the site of infection, oxygen often …

Molecular mechanisms governing antifungal drug resistance

Y Lee, N Robbins, LE Cowen - npj Antimicrobials and Resistance, 2023 - nature.com
Fungal pathogens are a severe public health problem. The leading causative agents of
systemic fungal infections include species from the Candida, Cryptococcus, and Aspergillus …

[HTML][HTML] An update on ABC transporters of filamentous fungi–from physiological substrates to xenobiotics

J Víglaš, P Olejníková - Microbiological Research, 2021 - Elsevier
The superfamily of ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters is a large family of proteins with
a wide substrate repertoire and range of functions. The main role of these proteins is in the …

Fungal drug response and antimicrobial resistance

P Osset-Trénor, A Pascual-Ahuir, M Proft - Journal of Fungi, 2023 - mdpi.com
Antifungal resistance is a growing concern as it poses a significant threat to public health.
Fungal infections are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality, especially in …

[HTML][HTML] Paradoxal trends in azole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus in a national multicenter surveillance program, the Netherlands, 2013–2018

PPA Lestrade, JB Buil, MT van Der Beek… - Emerging infectious …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We investigated the prevalence of azole resistance of Aspergillus fumigatus isolates in the
Netherlands by screening clinical A. fumigatus isolates for azole resistance during 2013 …

Transcription factors and ABC transporters: from pleiotropic drug resistance to cellular signaling in yeast

ER Buechel, HW Pinkett - FEBS letters, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae survives in microenvironments utilizing networks
of regulators and ATP‐binding cassette (ABC) transporters to circumvent toxins and a variety …