Novel antifungals and treatment approaches to tackle resistance and improve outcomes of invasive fungal disease

M Hoenigl, A Arastehfar, MC Arendrup… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Fungal infections are on the rise, driven by a growing population at risk and climate change.
Currently available antifungals include only five classes, and their utility and efficacy in …

Candida albicans and Candida glabrata: global priority pathogens

M Katsipoulaki, MHT Stappers… - Microbiology and …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
SUMMARY A significant increase in the incidence of Candida-mediated infections has been
observed in the last decade, mainly due to rising numbers of susceptible individuals …

Single-cell detection of copy number changes reveals dynamic mechanisms of adaptation to antifungals in Candida albicans

X Zhou, A Hilk, NV Solis, N Scott, A Beach… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Genomic copy number changes are associated with antifungal drug resistance and
virulence across diverse fungal pathogens, but the rate and dynamics of these genomic …

Evolution and strain diversity advance exploration of Candida albicans biology

MZ Anderson, SM Dietz - Msphere, 2024 - journals.asm.org
Fungi were some of the earliest organismal systems used to explore mutational processes
and its phenotypic consequences on members of a species. Yeasts that cause significant …

[HTML][HTML] Morphogenetic transitions in the adaptation of Candida albicans to the mammalian gut

R Alonso-Monge, I Cortés-Prieto, E Román, J Pla - Microbes and Infection, 2023 - Elsevier
Candida albicans is a pathobiont in humans that forms part of the mycobiota in healthy
individuals and can cause different pathologies upon alterations of the host defenses. The …

Identification of an active RNAi pathway in Candida albicans

E Iracane, C Arias-Sardá, C Maufrais… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
RNA interference (RNAi) is a fundamental regulatory pathway with a wide range of
functions, including regulation of gene expression and maintenance of genome stability …

[HTML][HTML] Drivers of diversification in fungal pathogen populations

D Murante, DA Hogan - PLoS pathogens, 2024 - journals.plos.org
To manage and treat chronic fungal diseases effectively, we require an improved
understanding of their complexity. There is an increasing appreciation that chronic infection …

[HTML][HTML] Step-wise evolution of azole resistance through copy number variation followed by KSR1 loss of heterozygosity in Candida albicans

P Vande Zande, C Gautier, N Kawar, C Maufrais… - PLoS …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Antimicrobial drug resistance poses a global health threat, requiring a deeper
understanding of the evolutionary processes that lead to its emergence in pathogens …

Controlling Candida: immune regulation of commensal fungi in the gut

O Jensen, E Trujillo, L Hanson, KS Ost - Infection and Immunity, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
The intestinal microbiome harbors fungi that pose a significant risk to human health as
opportunistic pathogens and drivers of inflammation. Inflammatory and autoimmune …

Candida albicans strains adapted to the mouse gut are resistant to bile salts via a Flo8-dependent mechanism

S Hidalgo-Vico, D Prieto, R Alonso-Monge… - Fungal Genetics and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Candida albicans normally colonizes the human gastrointestinal tract as a commensal.
Studying fungal factors involved in colonizing the mammalian gastrointestinal tract requires …