Interactions of microorganisms with host mucins: a focus on Candida albicans

Host Mucin Is Exploited by Pseudomonas aeruginosa To Provide Monosaccharides Required for a Successful Infection

(2020) Casandra L. Hoffman et al.   mBio

Virulence assessment of six major pathogenic Candida species in the mouse model of invasive candidiasis caused by fungal translocation

(2020) Tatsuro Hirayama et al.   Scientific Reports

Function of Akkermansia muciniphila in Obesity: Interactions With Lipid Metabolism, Immune Response and Gut Systems

(2020) Yu Xu et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Membrane mucins of the intestine at a glance

(2020) Thaher Pelaseyed et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

The Role of the Cell Surface Mucin MUC1 as a Barrier to Infection and Regulator of Inflammation

(2019) Poshmaal Dhar et al.   Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Elucidation of Akkermansia muciniphila Probiotic Traits Driven by Mucin Depletion

(2019) Jongoh Shin et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Candida albicans Interactions with Mucosal Surfaces during Health and Disease

(2019) Nikou et al.   Pathogens

Mucin glycans attenuate the virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in infection

(2019) Kelsey M. Wheeler et al.   Nature Microbiology

Mucins as multifunctional building blocks of biomaterials

(2018) Georgia Petrou et al.   Biomaterials Science

Self-Assembled Mucin-Containing Microcarriers via Hard Templating on CaCO3 Crystals

(2018) Nadezhda Balabushevich et al.   Micromachines

Effect of MUC8 on Airway Inflammation: A Friend or a Foe?

(2018) Hee-Jae Cha et al.   Journal of Clinical Medicine

Evolutionary conservation of the antimicrobial function of mucus: a first defence against infection

(2018) Cassie R Bakshani et al.   npj Biofilms and Microbiomes

Estimation of direct healthcare costs of fungal diseases in the United States

(2018) Kaitlin Benedict et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Mucins and Their Role in Shaping the Functions of Mucus Barriers

(2018) C.E. Wagner et al.   Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

The role of the microbiota in infectious diseases

(2018) Josie Libertucci et al.   Nature Microbiology

Mucins trigger dispersal of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms

(2018) Julia Y. Co et al.   npj Biofilms and Microbiomes

Fight them or feed them: how the intestinal mucus layer manages the gut microbiota

(2018) Bjoern O Schroeder   Gastroenterology Report

Gut microbiota: Role in pathogen colonization, immune responses, and inflammatory disease

(2017) Joseph M. Pickard et al.   IMMUNOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Transmembrane Mucins: Signaling Receptors at the Intersection of Inflammation and Cancer

(2017) Jos P.M. van Putten et al.   Journal of Innate Immunity

Development and regulation of single- and multi-species Candida albicans biofilms

(2017) Matthew B. Lohse et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

The yeast form of the fungus Candida albicans promotes persistence in the gut of gnotobiotic mice

(2017) Lena Böhm et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Next-Generation Beneficial Microbes: The Case of Akkermansia muciniphila

(2017) Patrice D. Cani et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Protective Microbiota: From Localized to Long-Reaching Co-Immunity

(2017) Lynn Chiu et al.   Frontiers in Immunology

The Pathogenic Potential of a Microbe

(2017) Arturo Casadevall   mSphere

The Human Microbiota in Health and Disease

(2017) Baohong Wang et al.   Engineering

The Fungal Mycobiota: Small Numbers, Large Impacts

(2016) Carol A. Kumamoto   Cell Host & Microbe

Candida albicans biofilms: development, regulation, and molecular mechanisms

(2016) Megha Gulati et al.   MICROBES AND INFECTION

Candida albicans cell-type switching and functional plasticity in the mammalian host

(2016) Suzanne M. Noble et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Aspergillosis and the role of mucins in cystic fibrosis

(2016) Abigail C. Cowley et al.   PEDIATRIC PULMONOLOGY

Fungal Super Glue: The Biofilm Matrix and Its Composition, Assembly, and Functions

(2016) Kaitlin F. Mitchell et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Characterization of Outer Membrane Proteome of Akkermansia muciniphila Reveals Sets of Novel Proteins Exposed to the Human Intestine

(2016) Noora Ottman et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Candida albicansBiofilms and Human Disease

(2015) Clarissa J. Nobile et al.   Annual Review of Microbiology

Mucins: A biologically relevant glycan barrier in mucosal protection

(2015) Anthony P. Corfield   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENERAL SUBJECTS

No Vacancy: How Beneficial Microbes Cooperate with Immunity To Provide Colonization Resistance to Pathogens

(2015) Martina Sassone-Corsi et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Are Human Intestinal Eukaryotes Beneficial or Commensals?

(2015) Julius Lukeš et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Salivary mucins in host defense and disease prevention

(2015) Erica Shapiro Frenkel et al.   Journal of Oral Microbiology

Mucin glycan foraging in the human gut microbiome

(2015) Louise E. Tailford et al.   Frontiers in Genetics

Pathogenic E. coli Exploits SslE Mucinase Activity to Translocate through the Mucosal Barrier and Get Access to Host Cells

(2015) Maria Valeri et al.   PLoS One

Role of the Microbiota in Immunity and Inflammation

(2014) Yasmine Belkaid et al.   CELL

How Does It Kill?: Understanding the Candidacidal Mechanism of Salivary Histatin 5

(2014) Sumant Puri et al.   EUKARYOTIC CELL

The mucus and mucins of the goblet cells and enterocytes provide the first defense line of the gastrointestinal tract and interact with the immune system

(2014) Thaher Pelaseyed et al.   IMMUNOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Differential response of gel-forming mucins to pathogenic middle ear bacteria

(2014) Joseph E. Kerschner et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY

Mucins Suppress Virulence Traits of Candida albicans

(2014) Nicole L. Kavanaugh et al.   mBio

Novel Entries in a Fungal Biofilm Matrix Encyclopedia

(2014) R. Zarnowski et al.   mBio

Murine Models of Candida Gastrointestinal Colonization and Dissemination

(2013) Andrew Y. Koh   EUKARYOTIC CELL

Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Secretes a Highly Conserved Mucin-Degrading Metalloprotease To Effectively Engage Intestinal Epithelial Cells

(2013) Qingwei Luo et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Muc5b is required for airway defence

(2013) Michelle G. Roy et al.   NATURE

Passage through the mammalian gut triggers a phenotypic switch that promotes Candida albicans commensalism

(2013) Kalyan Pande et al.   NATURE GENETICS

A Recently Evolved Transcriptional Network Controls Biofilm Development in Candida albicans

(2012) Clarissa J. Nobile et al.   CELL

Mucin Biopolymers Prevent Bacterial Aggregation by Retaining Cells in the Free-Swimming State

(2012) Marina Caldara et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

ChronicAspergillus fumigatusexposure upregulates the expression of mucin 5AC in the airways of asthmatic rats

(2012) Fu-Sheng Gao et al.   EXPERIMENTAL LUNG RESEARCH

Expression and secretion of Aspergillus fumigatus proteases are regulated in response to different protein substrates

(2012) Edward Farnell et al.   Fungal Biology

Variation in Candida albicans EFG1 Expression Enables Host-Dependent Changes in Colonizing Fungal Populations

(2012) J. V. Pierce et al.   mBio

Inflammation and gastrointestinal Candida colonization

(2011) Carol A Kumamoto   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Mucosal biofilms of Candida albicans

(2011) Shantanu Ganguly et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Role of mucus layers in gut infection and inflammation

(2011) Gunnar C Hansson   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Induction of Mucin and MUC5AC Expression by the Protease Activity of Aspergillus fumigatus in Airway Epithelial Cells

(2011) T. Oguma et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Candida albicans, a major human fungal pathogen

(2011) Joon Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY

The N-terminal part of Als1 protein from Candida albicans specifically binds fucose-containing glycans

(2011) Dagmara S. Donohue et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Immunosensing during colonization by Candida albicans: does it take a village to colonize the intestine?

(2011) Carol A. Kumamoto et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Candida Infections of the Genitourinary Tract

(2010) J. M. Achkar et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS

TagA is a secreted protease of Vibrio cholerae that specifically cleaves mucin glycoproteins

(2010) R. L. Szabady et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Dispersion as an Important Step in the Candida albicans Biofilm Developmental Cycle

(2010) Priya Uppuluri et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Helicobacter pylori moves through mucus by reducing mucin viscoelasticity

(2009) J. P. Celli et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

MUC1 Limits Helicobacter pylori Infection both by Steric Hindrance and by Acting as a Releasable Decoy

(2009) Sara K. Lindén et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Barrier properties of mucus

(2008) Richard A. Cone   ADVANCED DRUG DELIVERY REVIEWS

Complementary Adhesin Function in C. albicans Biofilm Formation

(2008) Clarissa J. Nobile et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Mucins in the mucosal barrier to infection

(2008) S K Linden et al.   Mucosal Immunology

'Til death do us part': coming to terms with symbiotic relationships

(2008) David A. Relman   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Structure and Function of the Polymeric Mucins in Airways Mucus

(2007) David J. Thornton et al.   Annual Review of Physiology

Ras links cellular morphogenesis to virulence by regulation of the MAP kinase and cAMP signalling pathways in the pathogenic fungus Candida albicans

(2003) Ekkehard Leberer et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY