Through the wall: extracellular vesicles in Gram-positive bacteria, mycobacteria and fungi

L Brown, JM Wolf, R Prados-Rosales… - Nature Reviews …, 2015 - nature.com
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are produced by all domains of life. In Gram-negative bacteria,
EVs are produced by the pinching off of the outer membrane; however, how EVs escape the …

Extracellular vesicles in fungi: past, present, and future perspectives

J Rizzo, ML Rodrigues, G Janbon - Frontiers in Cellular and Infection …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) have garnered much interest in the cell biology and biomedical
research fields. Many studies have reported the existence of EVs in all types of living cells …

Extracellular vesicles in the fungi kingdom

M Liebana-Jordan, B Brotons, JM Falcon-Perez… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are membranous, rounded vesicles released by prokaryotic and
eukaryotic cells in their normal and pathophysiological states. These vesicles form a network …

The viscoelastic properties of the fungal cell wall allow traffic of AmBisome as intact liposome vesicles

L Walker, P Sood, MD Lenardon, G Milne, J Olson… - MBio, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
The fungal cell wall is a critically important structure that represents a permeability barrier
and protective shield. We probed Candida albicans and Cryptococcus neoformans with …

Biogenesis and biological functions of extracellular vesicles in cellular and organismal communication with microbes

Y Fang, Z Wang, X Liu, BM Tyler - Frontiers in microbiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) represent a prominent mechanism of transport and interaction
between cells, especially microbes. Increasing evidence indicates that EVs play a key role in …

Cryptococcus extracellular vesicles properties and their use as vaccine platforms

J Rizzo, SSW Wong, AD Gazi… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Whereas extracellular vesicle (EV) research has become commonplace in different
biomedical fields, this field of research is still in its infancy in mycology. Here we provide a …

Extracellular Vesicles From the Cotton Pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum Induce a Phytotoxic Response in Plants

MR Bleackley, M Samuel, D Garcia-Ceron… - Frontiers in plant …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) represent a system for the coordinated secretion of a variety of
molecular cargo including proteins, lipids, nucleic acids, and metabolites. They have an …

The structural unit of melanin in the cell wall of the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

E Camacho, R Vij, C Chrissian… - Journal of Biological …, 2019 - ASBMB
Melanins are synthesized macromolecules that are found in all biological kingdoms. These
pigments have a myriad of roles that range from microbial virulence to key components of …

Extracellular Vesicles from Fusarium graminearum Contain Protein Effectors Expressed during Infection of Corn

D Garcia-Ceron, RGT Lowe, JA McKenna, LM Brain… - Journal of Fungi, 2021 - mdpi.com
Fusarium graminearum (Fgr) is a devastating filamentous fungal pathogen that causes
diseases in cereals, while producing mycotoxins that are toxic for humans and animals, and …

The role of melanin in fungal pathogenesis for animal hosts

DFQ Smith, A Casadevall - Fungal physiology and immunopathogenesis, 2019 - Springer
Melanins are a class of pigments that are ubiquitous throughout biology. They play
incredibly diverse and important roles ranging from radiation protection to immune defense …