The Cryptococcus neoformans capsule: a sword and a shield

TR O'Meara, JA Alspaugh - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
The human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans is characterized by its ability to
induce a distinct polysaccharide capsule in response to a number of host-specific …

Engineering of the unfolded protein response pathway in Pichia pastoris: enhancing production of secreted recombinant proteins

H Raschmanová, A Weninger, Z Knejzlík… - Applied Microbiology …, 2021 - Springer
Folding and processing of proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) are major
impediments in the production and secretion of proteins from Pichia pastoris (Komagataella …

Systematic functional profiling of transcription factor networks in Cryptococcus neoformans

KW Jung, DH Yang, S Maeng, KT Lee, YS So… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Cryptococcus neoformans causes life-threatening meningoencephalitis in humans, but its
overall biological and pathogenic regulatory circuits remain elusive, particularly due to the …

Virulence-associated enzymes of Cryptococcus neoformans

F Almeida, JM Wolf, A Casadevall - Eukaryotic cell, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
Enzymes play key roles in fungal pathogenesis. Manipulation of enzyme expression or
activity can significantly alter the infection process, and enzyme expression profiles can be a …

Systematic functional analysis of kinases in the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

KT Lee, YS So, DH Yang, KW Jung, J Choi… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Cryptococcus neoformans is the leading cause of death by fungal meningoencephalitis;
however, treatment options remain limited. Here we report the construction of 264 signature …

The unfolded protein response in secretory cell function

KA Moore, J Hollien - Annual review of genetics, 2012 - annualreviews.org
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) controls many important aspects of cellular function,
including processing of secreted and membrane proteins, synthesis of membranes, and …

[HTML][HTML] Evolution of the unfolded protein response

J Hollien - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular Cell …, 2013 - Elsevier
The unfolded protein response (UPR) is a network of signaling pathways that responds to
stress in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). The general output of the UPR is to upregulate …

MoErv29 promotes apoplastic effector secretion contributing to virulence of the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae

B Qian, X Su, Z Ye, X Liu, M Liu, D Shen… - New …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
During plant‐pathogenic fungi and host plants interactions, numerous pathogen‐derived
proteins are secreted resulting in the activation of the unfolded protein response (UPR) …

Transcriptome analysis reveals the complexity of alternative splicing regulation in the fungus Verticillium dahliae

L Jin, G Li, D Yu, W Huang, C Cheng, S Liao, Q Wu… - Bmc Genomics, 2017 - Springer
Background Alternative splicing (AS) regulation is extensive and shapes the functional
complexity of higher organisms. However, the contribution of alternative splicing to fungal …

Fungal kinases and transcription factors regulating brain infection in Cryptococcus neoformans

KT Lee, J Hong, DG Lee, M Lee, S Cha, YG Lim… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Cryptococcus neoformans causes fatal fungal meningoencephalitis. Here, we study the
roles played by fungal kinases and transcription factors (TFs) in blood-brain barrier (BBB) …