A holistic review on Cryptococcus neoformans

SS Rathore, J Sathiyamoorthy, C Lalitha… - Microbial …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cryptococcus neoformans is an encapsulated fungal pathogen that causes infection in
immunocompromised individuals such as HIV patients, organ transplant patients …

Passive antibody therapy for infectious diseases

A Casadevall, E Dadachova, L Pirofski - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2004 - nature.com
Antibody-based therapies are currently undergoing a renaissance. After being developed
and then largely abandoned in the twentieth century, many antibody preparations are now in …

The capsule of the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

O Zaragoza, ML Rodrigues, M De Jesus… - Advances in applied …, 2009 - Elsevier
The capsule of the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans has been studied extensively
in recent decades and a large body of information is now available to the scientific …

[HTML][HTML] Protective non-neutralizing SARS-CoV-2 monoclonal antibodies

A Izadi, P Nordenfelt - Trends in immunology, 2024 - cell.com
Recent studies show an important role for non-neutralizing anti-spike antibodies, including
monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), in robustly protecting against SARS-CoV-2 infection. These …

Spike-dependent opsonization indicates both dose-dependent inhibition of phagocytosis and that non-neutralizing antibodies can confer protection to SARS-CoV-2

W Bahnan, S Wrighton, M Sundwall… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Spike-specific antibodies are central to effective COVID19 immunity. Research efforts have
focused on antibodies that neutralize the ACE2-Spike interaction but not on non-neutralizing …

The principles of antibody therapy for infectious diseases with relevance for COVID-19

A Casadevall, L Pirofski, MJ Joyner - MBio, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Antibody therapies such as convalescent plasma and monoclonal antibodies have emerged
as major potential therapeutics for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Immunoglobulins …

RETRACTED: Immunotherapies against human bacterial and fungal infectious diseases: A review

H Qadri, AH Shah, M Alkhanani, A Almilaibary… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Nations' ongoing struggles with a number of novel and reemerging infectious diseases,
including the ongoing global health issue, the SARS-Co-V2 (severe acute respiratory …

IgM in microbial infections: taken for granted?

R Racine, GM Winslow - Immunology letters, 2009 - Elsevier
Much has been learned about the structure, function, and production of IgM, since the
antibody's initial characterization. It is widely accepted that IgM provides a first line of …

Cryptococcal interactions with the host immune system

K Voelz, RC May - Eukaryotic cell, 2010 - Am Soc Microbiol
Opportunistic pathogens have become of increasing medical importance over the last
decade due to the AIDS pandemic. Not only is cryptococcosis the fourth-most-common fatal …

Immune reconstitution syndrome associated with opportunistic mycoses

N Singh, JR Perfect - The Lancet infectious diseases, 2007 - thelancet.com
Host immunity is essential in facilitating the eradication of infection. However, immunological
recovery and an imbalance characterised by either suboptimum or excessive expression of …