Oxidative stress response pathways in fungi

H Yaakoub, S Mina, A Calenda, JP Bouchara… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
Fungal response to any stress is intricate, specific, and multilayered, though it employs only
a few evolutionarily conserved regulators. This comes with the assumption that one …

Therapies and vaccines based on nanoparticles for the treatment of systemic fungal infections

B Kischkel, SA Rossi, SR Santos… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Treatment modalities for systemic mycoses are still limited. Currently, the main antifungal
therapeutics include polyenes, azoles, and echinocandins. However, even in the setting of …

Aspergillus terreus species complex

C Lass-Flörl, AM Dietl, DP Kontoyiannis… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Infections due to Aspergillus species are an acute threat to human health; members of the
Aspergillus section Fumigati are the most frequently occurring agents, but depending on the …

Resistance mechanism and proteins in Aspergillus species against antifungal agents

SK Shishodia, S Tiwari, J Shankar - Mycology, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Aspergillus species contain pathogenic and opportunistic fungal pathogens which have the
potential to cause mycosis (invasive aspergillosis) in humans. The existing antifungal drugs …

Aspergillus terreus: Novel lessons learned on amphotericin B resistance

W Posch, M Blatzer, D Wilflingseder… - Medical …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The polyene antifungal amphotericin B (AmB) exerts a powerful and broad activity against a
vast array of fungi and in general displays a remarkably low rate of antimicrobial resistance …

Comparative transcriptome analysis of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum revealed its response mechanisms to the biological control agent, Bacillus amyloliquefaciens

X Yang, L Zhang, Y Xiang, L Du, X Huang, Y Liu - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Biological control mechanisms of plant diseases have been intensively studied. However,
how plant pathogens respond to and resist or alleviate biocontrol agents remains largely …

Nanotechnology approaches for delivery and targeting of Amphotericin B in fungal and parasitic diseases

M Jafari, SS Abolmaali, AM Tamaddon… - …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Amphotericin B (AMB), with widespread antifungal and anti-parasitic activities and low cross-
resistance with other drugs, has long been identified as a potent antimicrobial drug …

Unmasking the Amphotericin B Resistance Mechanisms in Candida haemulonii Species Complex

LN Silva, SSC Oliveira, LB Magalhães… - ACS Infectious …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The polyene amphotericin B (AMB) exerts a powerful and broad antifungal activity. AMB acts
by (i) binding to ergosterol, leading to pore formation at the fungal plasma membrane with …

Antifungal susceptibility testing following the CLSI M27 document, along with the measurement of MFC/MIC ratio, could be the optimal approach to detect …

N Sasoni, B Caracciolo, MS Cabeza… - Antimicrobial Agents …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Antifungal susceptibility testing (AST) is crucial in clinical settings to guide appropriate
therapy. Nevertheless, discrepancies between treatment response and some results still …

Enhancement of the antifungal activity of chitinase by palmitoylation and the synergy of palmitoylated chitinase with amphotericin B

P Santoso, K Minamihata, Y Ishimine… - ACS Infectious …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Combinations of antifungal drugs can have synergistic antifungal activity, achieving high
therapeutic efficacy while minimizing the side effects. Amphotericin B (AMB) has been used …