Modeling Antifungal Host Defense to Impact Therapy and Management of Infections
A special issue of Pathogens (ISSN 2076-0817). This special issue belongs to the section "Fungal Pathogens".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2023) | Viewed by 557
Special Issue Editors
Interests: Immunology of fungal infections, Immune evasion, Immunotherapy, in vitro infection models, Candida albicans
Interests: medical mycology; innate immune responses; adaptive immune responses; pattern recognition receptors; vaccine development
Special Issue Information
The purpose of the Special Issue for the upcoming 2021 Gordon Research Seminar “Immunology of Fungal Infections” is to highlight cutting-edge research and new model systems that drive our field forward. The occurrence of fungal infections continues to rise and pose a serious threat to public health, yet this problem is under-appreciated despite having a similar impact to other clinically relevant infectious diseases such as malaria or tuberculosis.
Fungal infections range from superficial infections of the skin and mucosa that impact quality of life to life-threatening invasive infections. The majority of invasive infections are caused by Candida, Aspergillus, and Cryptococcus, however, with the rise of immunosuppressive therapy and increases in organ transplant therapy there is an increased incidence of diverse fungal species. Moreover, many deaths related to the novel coronavirus COVID-19 are believed to be attributable to fungal co-infections.
The Gordon Research Seminar on Immunology of Fungal Infections invites early-career medical mycologists to contribute to this Special Issue in Pathogens. This Issue will be devoted to presenting cutting-edge ideas, sharing novel insights in host–fungal pathogen interactions, presenting new discoveries in immune pathways that protect against fungal infections, and exploring how we can exploit this new knowledge to develop novel therapeutic and diagnostic strategies.
The GRS seminar allows for young investigators around the world to build future collaborations and interact with leading experts in fundamental biology as well as clinical research.
Original research and review articles are welcomed. Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
- Immunology of systemic fungal infections;
- Mucosal immunology to fungal infections;
- Innate and adaptive antifungal immunity;
- Vaccine and therapeutic treatments for fungal infections;
- Host–pathogen interactions;
- Fungal pathogenesis;
- Immune adaptation: adaptation of the pathogen to the immune response.
Dr. Mark S. Gresnigt
Dr. Althea Campuzano
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- medical mycology
- host-pathogen interactions
- signaling pathways
- innate immunity, adaptive immunity
- fungal vaccines
- Aspergillus
- Blastomycetes
- Candida
- Cryptococcus
- Coccidioides
- Histoplasma
- Mucorales
- yeasts
- molds
- immunotherapy
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