Fungal biofilm resistance

G Ramage, R Rajendran, L Sherry… - International journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Fungal biofilm infections have become increasingly recognised as a significant clinical
problem. One of the major reasons behind this is the impact that these have upon treatment …

Mechanisms of Candida Biofilm Drug Resistance

HT Taff, KF Mitchell, JA Edward, DR Andes - Future microbiology, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Candida commonly adheres to implanted medical devices, growing as a resilient biofilm
capable of withstanding extraordinarily high antifungal concentrations. As currently available …

Calcium-calmodulin-calcineurin signaling: a globally conserved virulence cascade in eukaryotic microbial pathogens

HS Park, SC Lee, ME Cardenas, J Heitman - Cell host & microbe, 2019 - cell.com
Calcium is an abundant intracellular ion, and calcium homeostasis plays crucial roles in
several cellular processes. The calcineurin signaling cascade is one of the major pathways …

Resistance to antifungal drugs

R Ben-Ami, DP Kontoyiannis - Infectious Disease Clinics, 2021 - id.theclinics.com
The burden of human disease associated with fungal infections is generally
underappreciated, with estimates indicating as many as 150 million persons infected …

Hyphal growth in human fungal pathogens and its role in virulence

A Brand - International journal of microbiology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Most of the fungal species that infect humans can grow in more than one morphological form
but only a subset of pathogens produce filamentous hyphae during the infection process …

Components of the calcium-calcineurin signaling pathway in fungal cells and their potential as antifungal targets

S Liu, Y Hou, W Liu, C Lu, W Wang, S Sun - Eukaryotic cell, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
In recent years, the emergence of fungal resistance has become frequent, partly due to the
widespread clinical use of fluconazole, which is minimally toxic and effective in the …

Candida and candidiasis in HIV-infected patients: where commensalism, opportunistic behavior and frank pathogenicity lose their borders

A Cassone, R Cauda - Aids, 2012 - journals.lww.com
In this era of efficacious antiretroviral therapy and consequent immune reconstitution,
oropharyngeal and esophageal candidiasis (OPC and OEC) still remain two clinically …

Calcineurin Plays Key Roles in the Dimorphic Transition and Virulence of the Human Pathogenic Zygomycete Mucor circinelloides

SC Lee, A Li, S Calo, J Heitman - PLoS pathogens, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Many pathogenic fungi are dimorphic and switch between yeast and filamentous states. This
switch alters host-microbe interactions and is critical for pathogenicity. However, in …

Calcineurin in fungal virulence and drug resistance: Prospects for harnessing targeted inhibition of calcineurin for an antifungal therapeutic approach

PR Juvvadi, SC Lee, J Heitman, WJ Steinbach - Virulence, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Increases in the incidence and mortality due to the major invasive fungal infections such as
aspergillosis, candidiasis and cryptococcosis caused by the species of Aspergillus, Candida …

Calcineurin-Crz1 signaling in lower eukaryotes

S Thewes - Eukaryotic cell, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
Calcium ions are ubiquitous intracellular messengers. An increase in the cytosolic Ca2+
concentration activates many proteins, including calmodulin and the Ca2+/calmodulin …