Forgotten fungi—the gut mycobiome in human health and disease

CE Huseyin, PW O'Toole, PD Cotter… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The human body is home to a complex and diverse microbial ecosystem that plays a central
role in host health. This includes a diversity of fungal species that is collectively referred to …

Candidiasis: predisposing factors, prevention, diagnosis and alternative treatment

N Martins, ICFR Ferreira, L Barros, S Silva… - Mycopathologia, 2014 - Springer
Candidiasis is the most common opportunistic yeast infection. Candida species and other
microorganisms are involved in this complicated fungal infection, but Candida albicans …

Experimental infection of bats with Geomyces destructans causes white-nose syndrome

JM Lorch, CU Meteyer, MJ Behr, JG Boyles, PM Cryan… - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
White-nose syndrome (WNS) has caused recent catastrophic declines among multiple
species of bats in eastern North America,. The disease's name derives from a visually …

Small intestinal fungal overgrowth

A Erdogan, SSC Rao - Current gastroenterology reports, 2015 - Springer
Small intestinal fungal overgrowth (SIFO) is characterized by the presence of excessive
number of fungal organisms in the small intestine associated with gastrointestinal (GI) …

Activity of phenolic compounds from plant origin against Candida species

N Martins, L Barros, M Henriques, S Silva… - Industrial Crops and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Candida albicans and other Candida species have been highly associated with several
opportunistic fungal infections. Their ability to develop host infections is incited by different …

Immunosuppressive effect of cyclophosphamide on white blood cells and lymphocyte subpopulations from peripheral blood of Balb/c mice

XH Huyan, YP Lin, T Gao, RY Chen, YM Fan - International …, 2011 - Elsevier
There has been lack of the uniform standard for establishment of animal immunodepressive
models induced by cyclophosphamide (CTX), and the information about the …

Robust Th1 and Th17 immunity supports pulmonary clearance but cannot prevent systemic dissemination of highly virulent Cryptococcus neoformans H99

Y Zhang, F Wang, KC Tompkins, A McNamara… - The American journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
The present study dissected the role of a Th2 bias in pathogenesis of Cryptococcus
neoformans H99 infection by comparing inhalational H99 infections in wild-type BALB/c and …

[HTML][HTML] Immunotherapies against human bacterial and fungal infectious diseases: A review

H Qadri, AH Shah, M Alkhanani, A Almilaibary… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Nations' ongoing struggles with a number of novel and reemerging infectious diseases,
including the ongoing global health issue, the SARS-Co-V2 (severe acute respiratory …

Protective effects of pomegranate (Punica granatum) and its main components against natural and chemical toxic agents: A comprehensive review

A Hosseini, BM Razavi, H Hosseinzadeh - Phytomedicine, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Different chemical toxicants or natural toxins can damage human health
through various routes such as air, water, fruits, foods, and vegetables. Purpose Herbal …

[HTML][HTML] The white-nose syndrome transcriptome: activation of anti-fungal host responses in wing tissue of hibernating little brown myotis

KA Field, JS Johnson, TM Lilley, SM Reeder… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
White-nose syndrome (WNS) in North American bats is caused by an invasive cutaneous
infection by the psychrophilic fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd). We compared …