Host's Immunity and Candida Species Associated with Denture Stomatitis: A Narrative Review

P Le Bars, AA Kouadio, ON Bandiaky, L Le Guéhennec… - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Denture-related Candida stomatitis, which has been described clinically in the literature, is
either localized or generalized inflammation of the oral mucosa in connection with a …

EFG1, Everyone's Favorite Gene in Candida albicans: A Comprehensive Literature Review

VE Glazier - Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Candida sp. are among the most common fungal commensals found in the human
microbiome. Although Candida can be found residing harmlessly on the surface of the skin …

The Candida albicans reference strain SC5314 contains a rare, dominant allele of the transcription factor Rob1 that modulates filamentation, biofilm formation, and …

VE Glazier, J Kramara, T Ollinger, NV Solis… - MBio, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Candida albicans is a diploid human fungal pathogen that displays significant genomic and
phenotypic heterogeneity over a range of virulence traits and in the context of a variety of …

[HTML][HTML] Host immune response against fungal biofilms

M Mannan, S Nabeela, R Mishra, P Uppuluri - Current Opinion in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Highlights•Fungal biofilms are an attached community of cells enclosed in extracellular
polymeric matrix (ECM).•ECM hide fungal ligands and block phagocytosis, NETosis, and …

Candida albicans commensalism in the oral mucosa is favoured by limited virulence and metabolic adaptation

C Lemberg, K Martinez de San Vicente… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
As part of the human microbiota, the fungus Candida albicans colonizes the oral cavity and
other mucosal surfaces of the human body. Commensalism is tightly controlled by complex …

Hgc1 independence of biofilm hyphae in Candida albicans

A Sharma, NV Solis, MY Huang, F Lanni, SG Filler… - Mbio, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Biofilm and hypha formation are central to virulence of the fungal pathogen Candida
albicans. The G1 cyclin gene HGC1 is required for hypha formation under diverse in vitro …

Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants utilized in the management of candidiasis in Northern Uganda

B Akwongo, E Katuura, AM Nsubuga, P Tugume… - Tropical Medicine and …, 2022 - Springer
Background The emergence of resistant Candida species to antifungal drugs has led to
resurgence in herbal usage globally. However, little is known about anti-candida plants. This …

Candida albicans Filamentation Does Not Require the cAMP-PKA Pathway In Vivo

RS Wakade, J Kramara, M Wellington, DJ Krysan - MBio, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Candida albicans is one of the most prevalent human fungal pathogens. Its ability to
transition between budding yeast and filamentous morphological forms (pseudohyphae and …

Adaptation of Candida albicans to specific host environments by gain-of-function mutations in transcription factors

J Morschhäuser - PLoS pathogens, 2024 - journals.plos.org
The yeast Candida albicans is usually a harmless member of the normal microbiota in
healthy persons but is also a major fungal pathogen that can colonize and infect almost …

Decoding the host–pathogen interspecies molecular crosstalk during oral candidiasis in humans: an in silico analysis

AR Kabir, AA Chaudhary, MO Aladwani… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction: The objective of this study is to investigate the interaction between Candida
albicans and human proteins during oral candidiasis, with the aim of identifying pathways …