An overlooked and underrated endemic mycosis—Talaromycosis and the pathogenic fungus Talaromyces marneffei

F Wang, RH Han, S Chen - Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Talaromycosis is an invasive mycosis endemic in tropical and subtropical Asia and is
caused by the pathogenic fungus Talaromyces marneffei. Approximately 17,300 cases of T …

An Update on Candida tropicalis Based on Basic and Clinical Approaches

DL Zuza-Alves, WP Silva-Rocha… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Candida tropicalis has emerged as one of the most important Candida species. It has been
widely considered the second most virulent Candida species, only preceded by C. albicans …

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 …

Drug repurposing strategies in the development of potential antifungal agents

Q Zhang, F Liu, M Zeng, Y Mao, Z Song - Applied Microbiology and …, 2021 - Springer
The morbidity and mortality caused by invasive fungal infections are increasing across the
globe due to developments in transplant surgery, the use of immunosuppressive agents …

The effect of antifungal resistance development on the virulence of Candida species

F Bohner, C Papp, A Gácser - FEMS Yeast Research, 2022 - academic.oup.com
In recent years, the relevance of diseases associated with fungal pathogens increased
worldwide. Members of the Candida genus are responsible for the greatest number of fungal …

Synergistic Effect of Fluconazole and Calcium Channel Blockers against Resistant Candida albicans

S Liu, L Yue, W Gu, X Li, L Zhang, S Sun - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Candidiasis has increased significantly recently that threatens patients with low immunity.
However, the number of antifungal drugs on the market is limited in comparison to the …

The emerging threat antifungal-resistant Candida tropicalis in humans, animals, and environment

R Lima, FC Ribeiro, AL Colombo… - Frontiers in Fungal …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Antifungal resistance in humans, animals, and the environment is an emerging problem.
Among the different fungal species that can develop resistance, Candida tropicalis is …

Survival Strategies of Pathogenic Candida Species in Human Blood Show Independent and Specific Adaptations

P Kämmer, S McNamara, T Wolf, T Conrad, S Allert… - Mbio, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Only four species, Candida albicans, C. glabrata, C. parapsilosis, and C. tropicalis, together
account for about 90% of all Candida bloodstream infections and are among the most …

A mechanosensitive channel governs lipid flippase-mediated echinocandin resistance in Cryptococcus neoformans

C Cao, Y Wang, S Husain, P Soteropoulos, C Xue - MBio, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Echinocandins show fungicidal activity against common invasive mycoses but are ineffective
against cryptococcosis. The underlying mechanism for echinocandin resistance in …

Aneuploidy enables cross-adaptation to unrelated drugs

F Yang, F Teoh, ASM Tan, Y Cao… - Molecular biology …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Aneuploidy is common both in tumor cells responding to chemotherapeutic agents and in
fungal cells adapting to antifungal drugs. Because aneuploidy simultaneously affects many …