The description of cryptic species with different pathogenic potentials has changed the
perspectives on sporotrichosis. Sporothrix schenckii causes a benign chronic subcutaneous …

Sporotrichosis is a global implantation or subcutaneous mycosis caused by several
members of the genus Sporothrix, a thermo-dimorphic fungus. This disease may also depict …

Background Oxidized low-density lipoprotein (ox-LDL) has been well-documented to induce
endothelial cell (EC) apoptosis and contribute to the progression of atherosclerosis …

Sporothrix schenckii sensu stricto and S. brasiliensis are usually associated to
sporotrichosis, a subcutaneous mycosis worldwide distributed. Comparative analyses …

Background Sporotrichosis is a mycosis frequently caused by Sporothrix schenckii,
Sporothrix brasiliensis, and Sporothrix globosa. The cell wall is a species-specific fungal …

Species of the Sporothrix complex are the etiological agents of sporotrichosis, an important
subcutaneous mycosis with several clinical forms and an increasing incidence around the …

Sporotrichosis has been attributed for more than a century to one single etiological agent,
Sporothrix schencki. Only eight years ago, it was described that, in fact, the disease is …

Sporotrichosis is a mycosis caused by fungi from the Sporothrix schenckii species complex,
whose prototypical member is Sporothrix schenckii sensu stricto. Pattern recognition …

The role of immune cells associated with sporotrichosis caused by Sporothrix schenckii is
not yet fully clarified. Macrophages through pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) can …

High mobility group box-1 (HMGB1) has recently been implicated as a proinflammatory
cytokine that plays critical roles in endothelial dysfunction and atherosclerosis. Atorvastatin …