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Journal of Fungi, Volume 9, Issue 11

November 2023 - 83 articles

Cover Story: Cryptococcosis, an infectious disease caused by Cryptococcus-species clusters, primarily affects immunocompromised hosts, causing invasive infections with a high mortality rate and lasting complications. Dendritic cells (DCs) shape adaptive immune responses, serving as the most potent antigen-presenting cells bridging the innate and adaptive immune responses. Upon infection, DCs can mature and migrate to the draining lymph nodes to interact with naïve T cells, initiating the adaptive response. However, this accounts for only a fraction of DCs, with the majority of DCs performing other functions, e.g., restimulating T cells, or activating fungal killing. Here, we focus on the current understanding of the interaction between Cryptococcus and DCs, DC subsets, and their functional diversity. View this paper
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Articles (83)

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,019 Views
18 Pages

Comparative Analysis of Capsular and Secreted Polysaccharides Produced by Rhodotorula mucilaginosa and Cryptococcus neoformans

  • Gustavo Dornelles,
  • Glauber R. de S. Araújo,
  • Marcus Rodrigues,
  • Vinicius Alves,
  • Rodrigo Almeida-Paes and
  • Susana Frases

20 November 2023

Fungal infections are a global public health challenge, especially among immunocompromised patients. Basidiomycetous yeasts, such as Rhodotorula mucilaginosa, have emerged as opportunistic pathogens, but have received less attention than Cryptococcus...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,569 Views
12 Pages

Statistical Experimental Design as a New Approach to Optimize a Solid-State Fermentation Substrate for the Production of Spores and Bioactive Compounds from Trichoderma asperellum

  • Rayhane Hamrouni,
  • Flor Regus,
  • Magalie Claeys-Bruno,
  • Anne-Marie Farnet Da Silva,
  • Thierry Orsière,
  • Isabelle Laffont-Schwob,
  • Jean-Luc Boudenne and
  • Nathalie Dupuy

20 November 2023

Managing organic agricultural wastes is a challenge in today’s modern agriculture, where the production of different agricultural goods leads to the generation of large amounts of waste, for example, olive pomace and vine shoot in Mediterranean...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
3 Citations
8,002 Views
10 Pages

19 November 2023

Background: Trichophyton benhamiae, an anthropophilic dermatophyte, can cause dermatophytosis in humans and animals with rising zoonotic infections through pets, primarily in Europe. Dermatophytosis from T. benhamiae is often misdiagnosed due to its...

  • Review
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,436 Views
92 Pages

19 November 2023

Over the past three decades, a wealth of studies has shown that palm trees (Arecaceae) are a diverse habitat with intense fungal colonisation, making them an important substratum to explore fungal diversity. Palm trees are perennial, monocotyledonous...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,915 Views
12 Pages

Enhancing Monascus Pellet Formation for Improved Secondary Metabolite Production

  • Xizi Zhang,
  • Huiqian Liu,
  • Mengyao Zhang,
  • Wei Chen and
  • Chengtao Wang

19 November 2023

Filamentous fungi are well-known for their ability to form mycelial pellets during submerged cultures, a characteristic that has been extensively studied and applied. However, Monascus, a filamentous saprophytic fungus with a rich history of medicina...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,407 Views
26 Pages

Nanopore-Sequencing Metabarcoding for Identification of Phytopathogenic and Endophytic Fungi in Olive (Olea europaea) Twigs

  • Ioannis Theologidis,
  • Timokratis Karamitros,
  • Aikaterini-Eleni Vichou and
  • Dimosthenis Kizis

18 November 2023

Metabarcoding approaches for the identification of plant disease pathogens and characterization of plant microbial populations constitute a rapidly evolving research field. Fungal plant diseases are of major phytopathological concern; thus, the devel...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,067 Views
19 Pages

17 November 2023

Putative methyltranferase LaeA and LaeA-like proteins, conserved in many filamentous fungi, regulate fungal growth, development, virulence, the biosynthesis of secondary metabolites, and the production of cellulolytic enzymes. Penicillium oxaliucm is...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,949 Views
15 Pages

Comparative Study on the Antimicrobial Activities and Metabolic Profiles of Five Usnea Species from the Philippines

  • Thomas Edison E. dela Cruz,
  • Lawrence P. Timbreza,
  • Ek Sangvichien,
  • Kin Israel R. Notarte and
  • Krystle Angelique A. Santiago

17 November 2023

The rapid emergence of resistant bacteria is occurring worldwide, endangering the efficacy of antibiotics. Hence, there is a need to search for new sources of antibiotics that either exhibit novel structures or express a new mechanism of action. The...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,790 Views
23 Pages

How Poor Is Aphyllophoroid Fungi Diversity in the Boreal Urban Greenhouses of Eastern Europe?

  • Anton G. Shiryaev,
  • Ivan V. Zmitrovich,
  • Stepan A. Senator,
  • Elena N. Minogina and
  • Oleg B. Tkachenko

17 November 2023

It is generally accepted that mycobiota diversity in urban greenhouses is poorer than in natural ecosystems, but our knowledge on this field of research is fragmentary. Here, we present the results of a long-term study of aphyllophoroid macrofungi (B...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,137 Views
16 Pages

Structural and Functional Alterations Caused by Aureobasidin A in Clinical Resistant Strains of Candida spp.

  • Rodrigo Rollin-Pinheiro,
  • Daniel Clemente de Moraes,
  • Brayan Bayona-Pacheco,
  • Jose Alexandre da Rocha Curvelo,
  • Giulia Maria Pires dos Santos-Freitas,
  • Mariana Ingrid Dutra da Silva Xisto,
  • Luana Pereira Borba-Santos,
  • Sonia Rozental,
  • Antonio Ferreira-Pereira and
  • Eliana Barreto-Bergter

17 November 2023

Candida species are one of the most concerning causative agents of fungal infections in humans. The treatment of invasive Candida infections is based on the use of fluconazole, but the emergence of resistant isolates has been an increasing concern wh...

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