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 …

CAR T therapy beyond cancer: the evolution of a living drug

DJ Baker, Z Arany, JA Baur, JA Epstein, CH June - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Engineering a patient's own T cells to selectively target and eliminate tumour cells has cured
patients with untreatable haematologic cancers. These results have energized the field to …

Aspergillus fumigatus and Aspergillosis in 2019

JP Latgé, G Chamilos - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Aspergillus fumigatus is a saprotrophic fungus; its primary habitat is the soil. In its ecological
niche, the fungus has learned how to adapt and proliferate in hostile environments. This …

Threats posed by the fungal kingdom to humans, wildlife, and agriculture

MC Fisher, SJ Gurr, CA Cuomo, DS Blehert, H Jin… - MBio, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
The fungal kingdom includes at least 6 million eukaryotic species and is remarkable with
respect to its profound impact on global health, biodiversity, ecology, agriculture …

Killing mechanisms of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells

MR Benmebarek, CH Karches, BL Cadilha… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Effective adoptive T cell therapy (ACT) comprises the killing of cancer cells through the
therapeutic use of transferred T cells. One of the main ACT approaches is chimeric antigen …

The antifungal pipeline: a reality check

JR Perfect - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2017 - nature.com
Invasive fungal infections continue to appear in record numbers as the
immunocompromised population of the world increases, owing partially to the increased …

Aspergillus fumigatus morphology and dynamic host interactions

FL Van De Veerdonk, MS Gresnigt, L Romani… - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
Aspergillus fumigatus is an environmental filamentous fungus that can cause life-threatening
disease in immunocompromised individuals. The interactions between A. fumigatus and the …

Worldwide emergence of resistance to antifungal drugs challenges human health and food security

MC Fisher, NJ Hawkins, D Sanglard, SJ Gurr - Science, 2018 - science.org
The recent rate of emergence of pathogenic fungi that are resistant to the limited number of
commonly used antifungal agents is unprecedented. The azoles, for example, are used not …

CAR-based therapies: opportunities for immuno-medicine beyond cancer

H Aghajanian, JG Rurik, JA Epstein - Nature metabolism, 2022 - nature.com
One of the most exciting new therapies for cancer involves the use of autologous T cells that
are engineered to recognize and destroy cancerous cells. Patients with previously …

[HTML][HTML] Fungal infections: immune defense, immunotherapies and vaccines

JT Loh, KP Lam - Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Invasive fungal infection is an under recognized and emerging global health threat.
Recently, the World Health Organization (WHO) released the first ever list of health …