Fungal-mediated lung allergic airway disease: The critical role of macrophages and dendritic cells

J Furlong-Silva, PC Cook - PLoS pathogens, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Fungi are abundant in the environment, causing our lungs to be constantly exposed to a
diverse range of species. While the majority of these are cleared effectively in healthy …

Genome-scale metabolic modeling of Aspergillus fumigatus strains reveals growth dependencies on the lung microbiome

MH Mirhakkak, X Chen, Y Ni, T Heinekamp… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Aspergillus fumigatus, an opportunistic human pathogen, frequently infects the lungs of
people with cystic fibrosis and is one of the most common causes of infectious-disease …

Modeling the energy metabolism in immune cells

S Schuster, J Ewald, C Kaleta - Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 2021 - Elsevier
In this review, we summarize and briefly discuss various approaches to modeling the
metabolism in human immune cells, with a focus on energy metabolism. These approaches …

Live‐Cell Imaging of Sterculic Acid—a Naturally Occurring 1, 2‐Cyclopropene Fatty Acid—by Bioorthogonal Reaction with Turn‐On Tetrazine‐Fluorophore …

K Bertheussen, M van de Plassche… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In the field of lipid research, bioorthogonal chemistry has made the study of lipid uptake and
processing in living systems possible, whilst minimising biological properties arising from …

Metabolic homeostasis in fungal infections from the perspective of pathogens, immune cells, and whole-body systems

H Weerasinghe, H Stölting, AJ Rose… - … and Molecular Biology …, 2024 - journals.asm.org
The ability to overcome metabolic stress is a major determinant of outcomes during
infections. Pathogens face nutrient and oxygen deprivation in host niches and during their …

Alveolar regeneration in COVID-19 patients: a network perspective

SK Gupta, M Srivastava, R Minocha, A Akash… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
A viral infection involves entry and replication of viral nucleic acid in a host organism,
subsequently leading to biochemical and structural alterations in the host cell. In the case of …

TSLP produced by aspergillus fumigatus-stimulated DCs promotes a Th17 response through the JAK/STAT signaling pathway in fungal keratitis

F Han, H Guo, L Wang, Y Zhang, L Sun… - … & Visual Science, 2020 - iovs.arvojournals.org
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the role of thymic stromal lymphopoietin
(TSLP) secreted by Aspergillus fumigatus–stimulated dendritic cells (DCs) during the T …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-Scale Metabolic Models in Fungal Pathogens: Past, Present, and Future

AL Fonseca-Fernández, AF González Barrios… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Fungi are diverse organisms with various characteristics and functions. Some play a role in
recycling essential elements, such as nitrogen and carbon, while others are utilized in the …

Phenotypic Variants of Azole-Resistant Aspergillus Fumigatus that Co-exist in Human Respiratory Samples are Genetically Highly Related

A Abdolrasouli, JL Rhodes - Mycopathologia, 2022 - Springer
Respiratory specimens obtained from patients with chronic forms of aspergillosis contain
phenotypic variants of azole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus (ARAF) that co-exist in the …

[HTML][HTML] Fungal Metabolomics: A Comprehensive Approach to Understanding Pathogenesis in Humans and Identifying Potential Therapeutics

V Alves, D Zamith-Miranda, S Frases, JD Nosanchuk - Journal of Fungi, 2025 - mdpi.com
Metabolomics has emerged as a transformative tool in the study of microbes, including
pathogenic fungi, facilitating the identification of unique metabolic profiles that elucidate their …