Mucorales are fungal pathogens that cause mucormycosis, a lethal angioinvasive disease.
Previously, we demonstrated that Rhizopus, the most common cause of mucormycosis …

With a limited arsenal of available antifungal drugs and drug-resistance emergence,
strategies that seek to reduce Candida immune evasion and virulence could be a promising …

Phenol-soluble modulins (PSMs) have recently emerged as key virulence determinants,
particularly in highly aggressive Staphylococcus aureus isolates. These peptides contribute …

Trichophyton rubrum is causing an increasing number of invasive infections, especially in
immunocompromised and diabetic patients. The fungal invasive infectious process is …

Curvularia lunata is an ascomycete filamentous fungus causing local and invasive
phaeohyphomycoses in both immunocompromised and immunocompetent patients …

Therapeutic management of inflammation in infectious keratitis (IK) requires new strategy
and targets for selective immunomodulation. Targeting host cell-type specific inflammatory …

Talaromyces marneffei, a dimorphic fungus, exhibits temperature-dependent growth,
existing in a filamentous form at 25° C and as a yeast at 37° C. Several studies have …

The molecular composition and structural organization of the cell wall of filamentous fungi
underlie the ability of the host to identify them as pathogens. Although the organization of the …

Objective Fungal endophthalmitis is an emerging vision-threatening complication in tropical
countries and the Retinal pigment epithelial cells (RPE) are said to play a major role in the …

Fungal diseases of fish are a significant economic problem in aquaculture. Using high-
throughput expression analysis, we identified potential transcript markers in primary head …