Fungal drug response and antimicrobial resistance

P Osset-Trénor, A Pascual-Ahuir, M Proft - Journal of Fungi, 2023 - mdpi.com
Antifungal resistance is a growing concern as it poses a significant threat to public health.
Fungal infections are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality, especially in …

What's New in Cryptococcus gattii: From Bench to Bedside and Beyond

J Beardsley, A Dao, C Keighley, K Garnham… - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cryptococcus species are a major cause of life-threatening infections in
immunocompromised and immunocompetent hosts. While most disease is caused by …

Macrophage Mediated Immunomodulation During Cryptococcus Pulmonary Infection

Y Wang, S Pawar, O Dutta, K Wang… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Macrophages are key cellular components of innate immunity, acting as the first line of
defense against pathogens to modulate homeostatic and inflammatory responses. They …

Chimeric antigen receptor T cell and regulatory T cell therapy in non-oncology diseases: A narrative review of studies from 2017 to 2023

MY Sun, W Li, W Chen - Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Recently, the remarkable success of chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR-T) therapy in
treating certain tumors has led to numerous studies exploring its potential application to treat …

Adaptive immunology of Cryptococcus neoformans infections—an update

J Chen, J Shao, M Dai, W Fang, Y Yang - Frontiers in immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The fungal genus Cryptococcus comprises a group of pathogens with considerable
phenotypic and genotypic diversity that can lead to cryptococcosis in both healthy and …

Modification of Hinge/Transmembrane and Signal Transduction Domains Improves the Expression and Signaling Threshold of GXMR-CAR Specific to Cryptococcus …

MH Dos Santos, MP Machado, PR Kumaresan… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) redirect T cells to recognize a specific target. CAR
components play a pivotal role in antigen specificity, structure stability, expression on cell …

Immunotherapy with genetically engineered T cells holds promise for the treatment of nonmalignant diseases in the dog

NJ Mason - Journal of the American Veterinary Medical …, 2024 - Am Vet Med Assoc
The ability to genetically redirect the antigenic specificity of T cells using chimeric antigen
receptors (CAR) has led to unprecedented durable clinical remissions in human patients …

Titan Cells and Yeast Forms of Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii Are Recognized by GXMR-CAR

MH Dos Santos, MP Machado, PR Kumaresan… - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cryptococcosis, a systemic mycosis that affects both the immunocompromised and
immunocompetent, is caused by the inhalation of dehydrated yeasts or fungal spores of …

CAR Immunotherapy for the treatment of infectious diseases: a systematic review

E Morte-Romea, C Pesini… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Immunotherapy treatments aim to modulate the host's immune response to either mitigate it
in inflammatory/autoimmune disease or enhance it against infection or cancer. Among …

A novel lentiviral vector-based approach to generate chimeric antigen receptor T cells targeting Aspergillus fumigatus

PR Kumaresan, S Wurster, K Bavisi, TA da Silva… - Mbio, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Invasive aspergillosis (IA) is a common and deadly mold infection in immunocompromised
patients. As morbidity and mortality of IA are primarily driven by poor immune defense …