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 …

Aspergilli produce conidia for reproduction or to survive hostile conditions, and they are
highly effective in the distribution of conidia through the environment. In …

The decision whether endosomes enter the degradative or recycling pathway in mammalian
cells is of fundamental importance for pathogen killing, and its malfunctioning has …

Hydrophobins (HPs) are small secreted fungal proteins possibly involved in several
processes such as formation of fungal aerial structures, attachment to hydrophobic surfaces …

BACKGROUND The fungus Aspergillus fumigatus causes a variety of clinical phenotypes in
patients with cystic fibrosis (pwCF). Th cells orchestrate immune responses against fungi …

The genus Aspergillus is ubiquitous in the environment and contains a number of species,
primarily A. fumigatus, that cause mold-associated disease in humans. Humans inhale …

Aspergillus fumigatus is an opportunistic fungal pathogen that can cause life-threatening
invasive lung infections in immunodeficient patients. The cellular and molecular processes …

The pathogenic fungus Aspergillus fumigatus is able to adapt to extremely variable
environmental conditions. The A. fumigatus genome contains four genes coding for mitogen …

Germination of conidia is an essential process within the Aspergillus life cycle and plays a
major role during the infection of hosts. Conidia are able to avoid detection by the majority of …

The prevalence of fungal diseases is increasing on a global scale, ranging from acute to
systemic infections caused by commensal or pathogenic microorganisms, often associated …