Dictyostelium discoideum as a Novel Host System to Study the Interaction between Phagocytes and Yeasts

Aspergillus Cell Wall Melanin Blocks LC3-Associated Phagocytosis to Promote Pathogenicity

(2016) Tonia Akoumianaki et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Dining in: intracellular bacterial pathogen interplay with autophagy

(2016) Caylin G Winchell et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Dissection of Francisella-Host Cell Interactions in Dictyostelium discoideum

(2015) Elisabeth O. Lampe et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Identification of the antiphagocytic trypacidin gene cluster in the human-pathogenic fungus Aspergillus fumigatus

(2015) Derek J. Mattern et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Virulence determinants of the human pathogenic fungusAspergillus fumigatusprotect against soil amoeba predation

(2015) Falk Hillmann et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The Evolution of Aggregative Multicellularity and Cell–Cell Communication in the Dictyostelia

(2015) Qingyou Du et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The autophagic machinery ensures nonlytic transmission of mycobacteria

(2015) Lilli Gerstenmaier et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Autophagy enhances NFκB activity in specific tissue macrophages by sequestering A20 to boost antifungal immunity

(2015) Masashi Kanayama et al.   Nature Communications

The Great Escape: Pathogen Versus Host

(2015) Eric Kong et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Neurofibromin controls macropinocytosis and phagocytosis in Dictyostelium

(2015) Gareth Bloomfield et al.   eLife

Cryptococcal 3-Hydroxy Fatty Acids Protect Cells Against Amoebal Phagocytosis

(2015) Uju L. Madu et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Global trends in the distribution of Candida species causing candidemia

(2014) J. Guinea   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Role of autophagy genetic variants for the risk of Candida infections

(2014) D. C. Rosentul et al.   MEDICAL MYCOLOGY

Amoebae as a tool to isolate new bacterial species, to discover new virulence factors and to study the host–pathogen interactions

(2014) Nicolo Tosetti et al.   MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIS

Candida albicans hyphal initiation and elongation

(2014) Yang Lu et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Autophagy is redundant for the host defense against systemic Candida albicans infections

(2013) S. P. Smeekens et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Stress and development inDictyostelium discoideum: the involvement of the catalytic calcineurin A subunit

(2013) Sascha Thewes et al.   JOURNAL OF BASIC MICROBIOLOGY

The ‘obligate diploid’ Candida albicans forms mating-competent haploids

(2013) Meleah A. Hickman et al.   NATURE

Phg1/TM9 Proteins Control Intracellular Killing of Bacteria by Determining Cellular Levels of the Kil1 Sulfotransferase in Dictyostelium

(2013) Marion Le Coadic et al.   PLoS One

Simple system – substantial share: The use of Dictyostelium in cell biology and molecular medicine

(2012) Annette Müller-Taubenberger et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Non-lytic expulsion/exocytosis of Candida albicans from macrophages

(2012) Judith M. Bain et al.   FUNGAL GENETICS AND BIOLOGY

Macrophage Autophagy in Immunity to Cryptococcus neoformans and Candida albicans

(2012) André Moraes Nicola et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Cdc28–Cln3 phosphorylation of Sla1 regulates actin patch dynamics in different modes of fungal growth

(2012) Guisheng Zeng et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Capsules from Pathogenic and Non-Pathogenic Cryptococcus spp. Manifest Significant Differences in Structure and Ability to Protect against Phagocytic Cells

(2012) Glauber de S. Araujo et al.   PLoS One

DNA Mutations Mediate Microevolution between Host-Adapted Forms of the Pathogenic Fungus Cryptococcus neoformans

(2012) Denise A. Magditch et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Stage Specific Assessment of Candida albicans Phagocytosis by Macrophages Identifies Cell Wall Composition and Morphogenesis as Key Determinants

(2012) Leanne E. Lewis et al.   PLoS Pathogens

The Professional Phagocyte Dictyostelium discoideum as a Model Host for Bacterial Pathogens

(2011) Salvatore Bozzaro et al.   CURRENT DRUG TARGETS

Actin polymerization driven by WASH causes V-ATPase retrieval and vesicle neutralization before exocytosis

(2011) Michael Carnell et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Autophagy differentially controls plant basal immunity to biotrophic and necrotrophic pathogens

(2011) Heike D. Lenz et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Dynamin A, Myosin IB and Abp1 Couple Phagosome Maturation to F-Actin Binding

(2011) Navin Gopaldass et al.   TRAFFIC

Functional Analysis of Host Factors that Mediate the Intracellular Lifestyle of Cryptococcus neoformans

(2011) Qing-Ming Qin et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Phospholipids Trigger Cryptococcus neoformans Capsular Enlargement during Interactions with Amoebae and Macrophages

(2011) Cara J. Chrisman et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Phagocytosis of Cryptococcus neoformans by, and Nonlytic Exocytosis from, Acanthamoeba castellanii

(2010) C. J. Chrisman et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Role of magnesium and a phagosomal P-type ATPase in intracellular bacterial killing

(2010) Emmanuelle Lelong et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Candida albicans SH3-domain proteins involved in hyphal growth, cytokinesis, and vacuolar morphology

(2010) Patrick Reijnst et al.   CURRENT GENETICS

Recognition of Yeast by Murine Macrophages Requires Mannan but Not Glucan

(2010) Sabine Keppler-Ross et al.   EUKARYOTIC CELL

Contribution of Candida albicans Cell Wall Components to Recognition by and Escape from Murine Macrophages

(2010) C. G. J. McKenzie et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Construction of FlocculentKluyveromyces marxianusStrains Suitable for High-Temperature Ethanol Fermentation

(2009) Sanom NONKLANG et al.   BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Recent insights into host-pathogen interactions fromDictyostelium

(2009) Margaret Clarke   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Characterization of a biofilm-like extracellular matrix inFLO1-expressingSaccharomyces cerevisiaecells

(2009) Anne Beauvais et al.   FEMS YEAST RESEARCH

BAR Domain Proteins Rvs161 and Rvs167 Contribute to Candida albicans Endocytosis, Morphogenesis, and Virulence

(2009) L. M. Douglas et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Dictyostelium discoideum: a model host to measure bacterial virulence

(2009) Romain Froquet et al.   Nature Protocols

Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Population Divergence and Resistance to Oxidative Stress in Clinical, Domesticated and Wild Isolates

(2009) Stephanie Diezmann et al.   PLoS One

Autophagy genes protect against Salmonella typhimurium infection and mediate insulin signaling-regulated pathogen resistance

(2009) K. Jia et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Phenotypic screening, transcriptional profiling, and comparative genomic analysis of an invasive and non-invasive strain of Candida albicans

(2008) Sascha Thewes et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

FLO1 Is a Variable Green Beard Gene that Drives Biofilm-like Cooperation in Budding Yeast

(2008) Scott Smukalla et al.   CELL