Lectins are proteins with a high degree of stereospecificity to recognize various sugar
structures and form reversible linkages upon interaction with glyco-conjugate complexes …

The arsenal of drugs available to treat infections caused by eukaryotic and prokaryotic
microbes has been declining exponentially due to antimicrobial resistance phenomenon …

Background: Candida species infections are an important worldwide health issue since they
do not only affect immunocompromised patients but also healthy individuals. The host …

Lectins are carbohydrate-binding proteins that recognize and modulate physiological
activities and have been used as a toll for detection and identification of biomolecules, and …

The study evaluated the efficiency of eugenyl acetate (EA), a phytochemical in clove
essential oil, against clinical isolates of Candida albicans, Candida parapsilosis, Candida …

Cryptococcus gattii is one of the main causative agents of cryptococcosis in
immunocompetent individuals. Treatment of the infection is based on the use of …

ArtinM, a D-mannose binding lectin from Artocarpus heterophyllus, has immunomodulatory
activities through its interaction with N-glycans of immune cells, culminating with the …

Aim: Cryptococcus gattii causes a severe fungal infection with high mortality rate among
immunosuppressed and immunocompetent individuals. Due to limitation of current …

Abstract Annexin A1 (AnxA1) is an anti-inflammatory protein expressed in various cell types,
especially macrophages and neutrophils. Because neutrophils play important roles in …

Infections caused by fungi are prominent in our environment and can be potentially fatal.
paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM), caused by fungi of the Paracoccidioides genus, is the most …