Reinforcement amid genetic diversity in the Candida albicans biofilm regulatory network

MV Cravener, E Do, G May, R Zarnowski… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Biofilms of the fungal pathogen Candida albicans include abundant long filaments called
hyphae. These cells express hypha-associated genes, which specify diverse virulence …

The impact of phenotypic heterogeneity on fungal pathogenicity and drug resistance

L Kozubowski, J Berman - FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 2025 - academic.oup.com
Phenotypic heterogeneity in genetically clonal populations facilitates cellular adaptation to
adverse environmental conditions while enabling a return to the basal physiological state. It …

Click synthesis of pyrrolidine-based 1, 2, 3-triazole derivatives as antifungal agents causing cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in Candida auris

MY Wani, MSS Alghamidi, V Srivastava, A Ahmad… - Bioorganic …, 2023 - Elsevier
The emergence of multidrug-resistant fungal pathogens such as Candida auris is one of the
major reasons WHO has declared fungal infections as a public health threat. Multidrug …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Protective effects of peptide KSPLY derived from Hericium erinaceus on H2O2-induced oxidative damage in HepG2 cells

Z Xu, Q Hu, M **e, J Liu, A Su, H Xu, W Yang - Food Science and Human …, 2023 - Elsevier
Reactive oxygen species (ROS)-induced oxidative damage is strongly associated with the
pathogenesis of chronic diseases, and natural antioxidant peptides have good abilities of …

Insights and Perspectives on the Role of Proteostasis and Heat Shock Proteins in Fungal Infections

J Neves-da-Rocha, MJ Santos-Saboya, MER Lopes… - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Fungi are a diverse group of eukaryotic organisms that infect humans, animals, and plants.
To successfully colonize their hosts, pathogenic fungi must continuously adapt to the host's …

Genetic analysis of Hsp90 function in Cryptococcus neoformans highlights key roles in stress tolerance and virulence

C Fu, SR Beattie, AJ Jezewski, N Robbins… - Genetics, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The opportunistic human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans has tremendous
impact on global health, causing 181,000 deaths annually. Current treatment options are …

Mitochondrial perturbation reduces susceptibility to xenobiotics through altered efflux in Candida albicans

S Hossain, AO Veri, Z Liu, KR Iyer, TR O'Meara… - Genetics, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Candida albicans is a leading human fungal pathogen, which can cause superficial
infections or life-threatening systemic disease in immunocompromised individuals. The …

Candida albicans exhibits heterogeneous and adaptive cytoprotective responses to antifungal compounds

V Dumeaux, S Massahi, V Bettauer, A Mottola… - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Candida albicans, an opportunistic human pathogen, poses a significant threat to human
health and is associated with significant socio-economic burden. Current antifungal …

The Snf5‐Hsf1 transcription module synergistically regulates stress responses and pathogenicity by maintaining ROS homeostasis in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum

K **ao, L Liu, R He, JA Rollins, A Li, G Zhang… - New …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The SWI/SNF complex is guided to the promoters of designated genes by its co‐operator to
activate transcription in a timely and appropriate manner to govern development …