The molecular composition of the cell wall is critical for the biology and ecology of each
fungal species. Fungal walls are composed of matrix components that are embedded and …

The surveillance and elimination of fungal pathogens rely heavily on the sentinel behaviour
of phagocytic cells of the innate immune system, especially macrophages and neutrophils …

Patients with suppressed immunity are at the highest risk for hospital-acquired infections.
Among these, invasive candidiasis is the most prevalent systemic fungal nosocomial …

Cryptococcosis is a globally distributed invasive fungal infection that is caused by species
within the genus Cryptococcus which presents substantial therapeutic challenges. Although …

Cryptococcus neoformans is an encapsulated fungal pathogen that causes infection in
immunocompromised individuals such as HIV patients, organ transplant patients …

Among fungal pathogens, Cryptococcus neoformans has gained great importance among
the scientific community of several reasons. This fungus is the causative agent of …

Pathogenic fungi have become a leading cause of human mortality due to the increasing
frequency of fungal infections in immunocompromised populations and the limited …

The principal components of both MHC class I and class II antigen processing and
presentation pathways are well known. In dendritic cells, these pathways are tightly …

Phagosome maturation is the process by which internalized particles (such as bacteria and
apoptotic cells) are trafficked into a series of increasingly acidified membrane-bound …

The capsule of the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans has been studied extensively
in recent decades and a large body of information is now available to the scientific …