Fungal Proteases and Their Pathophysiological Effects

Fungal Proteases Induce Th2 Polarization through Limited Dendritic Cell Maturation and Reduced Production of IL-12

(2014) Salah-Eddine Lamhamedi-Cherradi et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Degradation of human kininogens with the release of kinin peptides by extracellular proteinases of Candida spp.

(2010) Maria Rapala-Kozik et al.   BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Pattern Recognition Receptors and Inflammation

(2010) Osamu Takeuchi et al.   CELL

Dangerous Allergens: Why Some Allergens are Bad Actors

(2010) Steve N. Georas et al.   CURRENT ALLERGY AND ASTHMA REPORTS

Role of basophils in the initiation of Th2 responses

(2010) Caroline L Sokol et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN IMMUNOLOGY

Secreted Aspergillus fumigatus Protease Alp1 Degrades Human Complement Proteins C3, C4, and C5

(2010) J. Behnsen et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Multiple-yapsin-deficient mutant strains for high-level production of intact recombinant proteins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

(2010) Eun Young Cho et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

Proteome Profiling and Functional Classification of Intracellular Proteins from Conidia of the Human-Pathogenic MoldAspergillus fumigatus

(2010) Janka Teutschbein et al.   JOURNAL OF PROTEOME RESEARCH

Secretion of a fungal protease represents a complement evasion mechanism in cerebral aspergillosis

(2010) Günter Rambach et al.   MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY

Fungi and Molds following Lung Transplantation

(2010) S. M. Hosseini-Moghaddam et al.   SEMINARS IN RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

House Dust Mite–Promoted Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition in Human Bronchial Epithelium

(2009) Irene H. Heijink et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Identification and Purification of Metalloprotease from Dry Grass Pea (Lathyrus sativus L.) Seeds

(2009) Vadde Ramakrishna et al.   APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Reddish, scaly, and itchy: how proteases and their inhibitors contribute to inflammatory skin diseases

(2009) Ulf Meyer-Hoffert   ARCHIVUM IMMUNOLOGIAE ET THERAPIAE EXPERIMENTALIS

Binding and activation of the human plasma kinin-forming system on the cell walls of Candida albicans and Candida tropicalis

(2009) Justyna Karkowska-Kuleta et al.   BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Characterization and identification of proteases secreted by Aspergillus fumigatus using free flow electrophoresis and MS

(2009) Madlen Neustadt et al.   ELECTROPHORESIS

Differential expression ofCandida dubliniensis-secreted aspartyl proteinase genes (CdSAP1–4) under different physiological conditions and during infection of a keratinocyte culture

(2009) Salomé Loaiza-Loeza et al.   FEMS IMMUNOLOGY AND MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Characterization and gene cloning of a novel serine protease with nematicidal activity fromTrichoderma pseudokoningii SMF2

(2009) Lei-Lei Chen et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Covalently linked cell wall proteins ofCandida albicans  and their role in fitness and virulence

(2009) Frans M. Klis et al.   FEMS YEAST RESEARCH

Mutations in Genes Encoding Sorting Nexins Alter Production ofIntracellular and Extracellular Proteases in Aspergillus nidulans

(2009) M. E. Katz et al.   GENETICS

Biology of Lung Dendritic Cells at the Origin of Asthma

(2009) Bart N. Lambrecht et al.   IMMUNITY

Innate Cells and T Helper 2 Cell Immunity in Airway Inflammation

(2009) Nora A. Barrett et al.   IMMUNITY

Characterization of a Novel ADAM Protease Expressed by Pneumocystis carinii

(2009) C. C. Kennedy et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Candida albicans Releases Soluble Factors That Potentiate Cytokine Production by Human Cells through a Protease-Activated Receptor 1- and 2-Independent Pathway

(2009) S.-C. Cheng et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

A Regulator of Aspergillus fumigatus Extracellular Proteolytic Activity Is Dispensable for Virulence

(2009) A. Bergmann et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Transcription Factor PrtT Controls Expression of Multiple Secreted Proteases in the Human Pathogenic Mold Aspergillus fumigatus

(2009) H. Sharon et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Combined sensitization of mice to extracts of dust mite, ragweed, and Aspergillus species breaks through tolerance and establishes chronic features of asthma

(2009) Nicholas Goplen et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

Spontaneous and protein-induced secretion of proteinases fromSaccharomyces cerevisiae

(2009) Anita Kurucová et al.   JOURNAL OF BASIC MICROBIOLOGY

Purification and identification of proteolytic enzymes from Aspergillus oryzae capable of producing the antihypertensive peptide Ile-Pro-Pro

(2009) Takanobu Gotou et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING

Recognition of Fungal Protease Activities Induces Cellular Activation and Eosinophil-Derived Neurotoxin Release in Human Eosinophils

(2009) Y. Matsuwaki et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Proteases Induce Production of Thymic Stromal Lymphopoietin by Airway Epithelial Cells through Protease-Activated Receptor-2

(2009) H. Kouzaki et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Expressing a fusion protein with protease and chitinase activities increases the virulence of the insect pathogen Beauveria bassiana

(2009) Weiguo Fang et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

The effect of environmental conditions on extracellular protease activity in controlled fermentations of Aspergillus niger

(2009) M. Braaksma et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Differential gene expression in the pathogenic dermatophyte Arthroderma benhamiae in vitro versus during infection

(2009) P. Staib et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

The yeast Candida albicans evades human complement attack by secretion of aspartic proteases

(2009) Katharina Gropp et al.   MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY

The vacuolar serine protease, a cross-reactive allergen from Cladosporium herbarum

(2009) Verena Pöll et al.   MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY

Link between allergic asthma and airway mucosal infection suggested by proteinase-secreting household fungi

(2009) P Porter et al.   Mucosal Immunology

New insights into innate immune mechanisms underlying allergenicity

(2009) M Wills-Karp et al.   Mucosal Immunology

Novel signaling interactions between proteinase-activated receptor 2 and Toll-like receptors in vitro and in vivo

(2009) Q M Nhu et al.   Mucosal Immunology

Examination of Potential Virulence Factors of Candida tropicalis Clinical Isolates From Hospitalized Patients

(2009) Melyssa Negri et al.   MYCOPATHOLOGIA

MEROPS: the peptidase database

(2009) Neil D. Rawlings et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

A Novel Immune Evasion Strategy of Candida albicans: Proteolytic Cleavage of a Salivary Antimicrobial Peptide

(2009) Timothy F. Meiller et al.   PLoS One

Chronic intranasal administration ofAspergillus fumigatusspores leads to aggravation of airway inflammation and remodelling in asthmatic rats

(2009) Fu-Sheng GAO et al.   RESPIROLOGY

Signal peptide peptidases: A family of intramembrane-cleaving proteases that cleave type 2 transmembrane proteins

(2009) Todd E. Golde et al.   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Conidial surface proteins of Metarhizium anisopliae: Source of activities related with toxic effects, host penetration and pathogenesis

(2009) Lucélia Santi et al.   TOXICON

Addition of exogenous carbon and nitrogen sources to aphid exuviae modulates synthesis of proteases and chitinase by germinating conidia of Beauveria bassiana

(2008) Sohail S. Qazi et al.   ARCHIVES OF MICROBIOLOGY

The assembly and activation of kinin-forming systems on the surface of human U-937 macrophage-like cells

(2008) Anna Barbasz et al.   BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Serine peptidases: Classification, structure and function

(2008) M. J. Page et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Effect of proteolytic activity ofEpicoccum purpurascensmajor allergen, Epi p 1 in allergic inflammation

(2008) N. Kukreja et al.   CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL IMMUNOLOGY

Gene Expression Profiling in the Human Pathogenic DermatophyteTrichophyton rubrumduring Growth on Proteins

(2008) Christophe Zaugg et al.   EUKARYOTIC CELL

Vacuolar Serine Protease Is a Major Allergen of Cladosporium cladosporioides

(2008) Hong Chou et al.   INTERNATIONAL ARCHIVES OF ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY

Trichophyton rubrum secreted and membrane-associated carboxypeptidases

(2008) Christophe Zaugg et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Surfactant protein D alters allergic lung responses in mice and human subjects

(2008) Eric B. Brandt et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

Investigation of extracellular elastase, acid proteinase and phospholipase activities as putative virulence factors in clinical isolates ofAspergillusspecies

(2008) Sehnaz Alp et al.   JOURNAL OF BASIC MICROBIOLOGY

Physiological Involvement in pH Signaling of Vps24-mediated Recruitment ofAspergillusPalB Cysteine Protease to ESCRT-III

(2008) Olga Rodríguez-Galán et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Analysis of Proteinase-activated Receptor 2 and TLR4 Signal Transduction

(2008) Prasad Rallabhandi et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Serine Protease Activity of Cur l 1 from Curvularia lunata Augments Th2 Response in Mice

(2008) Prabhanshu Tripathi et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

Secreted aspartic proteases are not required for invasion of reconstituted human epithelia by Candida albicans

(2008) Ulrich Lermann et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

The ADAM metalloproteinases

(2008) D EDWARDS et al.   MOLECULAR ASPECTS OF MEDICINE

Activation mechanism, functional role and shedding of glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored Yps1p at theSaccharomyces cerevisiaecell surface

(2008) Isabelle Gagnon-Arsenault et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

The contribution of PARs to inflammation and immunity to fungi

(2008) S Moretti et al.   Mucosal Immunology

Secreted Proteases from Dermatophytes

(2008) Michel Monod   MYCOPATHOLOGIA

Pathogenesis of Dermatophytosis

(2008) Sandy Vermout et al.   MYCOPATHOLOGIA

The molecular basis of allergenicity

(2008) Farouk Shakib et al.   TRENDS IN IMMUNOLOGY

Proteinases and signalling: pathophysiological and therapeutic implications via PARs and more

(2007) R Ramachandran et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY

Breaking the singleton of germination protease

(2002) Jimin Pei et al.   PROTEIN SCIENCE