Insights into the social life and obscure side of Scedosporium/Lomentospora species: ubiquitous, emerging and multidrug-resistant opportunistic pathogens

TP Mello, VCB Bittencourt, LC Liporagi-Lopes… - Fungal Biology …, 2019 - Elsevier
The undeniable relevance of fungal infections caused by both yeasts and molds has
considerably augmented over the last four decades, becoming a serious health public …

Scedosporium Cell Wall: From Carbohydrate-Containing Structures to Host–Pathogen Interactions

R Rollin-Pinheiro, MIDS Xisto, VP Rochetti… - Mycopathologia, 2020 - Springer
Scedosporium species are filamentous fungi usually found in sewage and soil from human-
impacted areas. They cause a wide range of diseases in humans, from superficial infections …

Antiviral activity of glucosylceramides isolated from Fusarium oxysporum against Tobacco mosaic virus infection

MC Bernardino, MLCO Couto, MFS Vaslin… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Natural elicitors derived from pathogenic microorganisms represent an ecologic strategy to
achieve resistance in plants against diseases. Glucosylceramides (GlcCer) are classified as …

Chemotaxis and adherence to fungal surfaces are key components of the behavioral response of Burkholderia terrae BS001 to two selected soil fungi

IU Haq, ROR Calixto, P Yang… - FEMS microbiology …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Burkholderia terrae BS001 has previously been proposed to be a 'generalist'associate of
soil fungi, but its strategies of interaction have been largely ignored. Here, we studied the …

Glucosylceramides From Lomentospora prolificans Induce a Differential Production of Cytokines and Increases the Microbicidal Activity of Macrophages

MIDS Xisto, JEM Henao, LS Dias, GMP Santos… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Lomentospora prolificans is an emerging opportunistic fungus with a high resistance to
antifungal agents and it can cause localized infections in immunocompetent patients and …

[HTML][HTML] Psd2 pea defensin shows a preference for mimetic membrane rafts enriched with glucosylceramide and ergosterol

VSG Amaral, CM Fernandes, MR Felício… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2019 - Elsevier
Psd2 is a pea defensin with 47 amino acid residues that inhibits the growth of fungal species
by an uncharacterized mechanism. In this work, Psd2 interactions with model membranes …

Glucosylceramide Plays a Role in Fungal Germination, Lipid Raft Organization and Biofilm Adhesion of the Pathogenic Fungus Scedosporium aurantiacum

VP Rochetti, R Rollin-Pinheiro, EB de Oliveira… - Journal of Fungi, 2020 - mdpi.com
Infections caused by Scedosporium species present a wide range of clinical manifestations,
from superficial to disseminated, especially in immunocompromised patients …

Fatty acid composition and lipid profiles as chemotaxonomic markers of phytopathogenic fungi Puccinia malvacearum and P. glechomatis

A Wołczańska, WW Christie, B Fuchs, CE Galuska… - Fungal Biology, 2021 - Elsevier
The analysis of the overall fatty acid pattern as well as their distribution in various lipid
classes of phytopathogenic fungi Puccinia malvacearum and P. glechomatis are considered …

Identification and Structural Characterization of Glucosylceramides in Holothuria (Halodeima) grisea: Insights from TLC and NMR Techniques

MP Miranda - Carbohydrate Research, 2025 - Elsevier
Sea cucumbers are widely used in oriental cuisine due to their medicinal properties.
Antioxidant, antifungal, antiviral, anticancer and neuroprotective activities have already been …

Structural differences influence biological properties of glucosylceramides from clinical and environmental isolates of Scedosporium aurantiacum and …

A Caneppa, JV de Meirelles, R Rollin-Pinheiro… - Journal of Fungi, 2019 - mdpi.com
Scedosporium/Lomentospora complex is composed of filamentous fungi, including some
clinically relevant species, such as Pseudallescheria boydii, Scedosporium aurantiacum …