Copper at the Fungal Pathogen-Host Axis

Copper tolerance and virulence in bacteria

(2015) Erik Ladomersky et al.   Metallomics

Exploiting Innate Immune Cell Activation of a Copper-Dependent Antimicrobial Agent during Infection

(2014) Richard A. Festa et al.   CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY

Reduction of healthcare-associated infections in a long-term care brain injury ward by replacing regular linens with biocidal copper oxide impregnated linens

(2014) A. Lazary et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Echinocandins: Are They All The Same?

(2014) PK Mukherjee et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMOTHERAPY

Iron and copper as virulence modulators in human fungal pathogens

(2014) Chen Ding et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

A chemical potentiator of copper-accumulation used to investigate the iron-regulons ofSaccharomyces cerevisiae

(2014) Andrew W. Foster et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Candida albicans SOD5 represents the prototype of an unprecedented class of Cu-only superoxide dismutases required for pathogen defense

(2014) J. E. Gleason et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Reciprocal functions of Cryptococcus neoformans copper homeostasis machinery during pulmonary infection and meningoencephalitis

(2014) Tian-Shu Sun et al.   Nature Communications

Fungi on the Skin: Dermatophytes and Malassezia

(2014) T. C. White et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine

Antifungal Drug Development: Challenges, Unmet Clinical Needs, and New Approaches

(2014) T. Roemer et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine

Conflicting Interests in the Pathogen–Host Tug of War: Fungal Micronutrient Scavenging Versus Mammalian Nutritional Immunity

(2014) Joanna Potrykus et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Pathogenic adaptations to host-derived antibacterial copper

(2014) Kaveri S. Chaturvedi et al.   Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Cryptococcus neoformans Copper Detoxification Machinery Is Critical for Fungal Virulence

(2013) Chen Ding et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Laccases Involved in 1,8-Dihydroxynaphthalene Melanin Biosynthesis in Aspergillus fumigatus Are Regulated by Developmental Factors and Copper Homeostasis

(2013) Srijana Upadhyay et al.   EUKARYOTIC CELL

Copper Import into the Mitochondrial Matrix in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Is Mediated by Pic2, a Mitochondrial Carrier Family Protein

(2013) Katherine E. Vest et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Full characterization of the Cu-, Zn-, and Cd-binding properties of CnMT1 and CnMT2, two metallothioneins of the pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans acting as virulence factors

(2013) Òscar Palacios et al.   Metallomics

Ctr2 regulates biogenesis of a cleaved form of mammalian Ctr1 metal transporter lacking the copper- and cisplatin-binding ecto-domain

(2013) H. Ohrvik et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Charting the travels of copper in eukaryotes from yeast to mammals

(2012) Tracy Nevitt et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH

Copper in Microbial Pathogenesis: Meddling with the Metal

(2012) Marie I. Samanovic et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Copper Homeostasis at the Host-Pathogen Interface: FIGURE 1.

(2012) Victoria Hodgkinson et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Nutritional immunity: transition metals at the pathogen–host interface

(2012) M. Indriati Hood et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Amphotericin primarily kills yeast by simply binding ergosterol

(2012) K. C. Gray et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

MMS19 Assembles Iron-Sulfur Proteins Required for DNA Metabolism and Genomic Integrity

(2012) O. Stehling et al.   SCIENCE

Tackling Human Fungal Infections

(2012) G. D. Brown et al.   SCIENCE

Hidden Killers: Human Fungal Infections

(2012) G. D. Brown et al.   Science Translational Medicine

Extracellular Superoxide Dismutase Protects Histoplasma Yeast Cells from Host-Derived Oxidative Stress

(2012) Brian H. Youseff et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Zinc Pyrithione Inhibits Yeast Growth through Copper Influx and Inactivation of Iron-Sulfur Proteins

(2011) Nancy L. Reeder et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Copper: An essential metal in biology

(2011) Richard A. Festa et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Triazole Antifungal Agents in Invasive Fungal Infections

(2011) Cornelia Lass-Flörl   DRUGS

Metallothionein and brain inflammation

(2011) Yasmina Manso et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Copper toxicity and the origin of bacterial resistance—new insights and applications

(2011) Christopher L. Dupont et al.   Metallomics

The copper regulon of the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans H99

(2011) Chen Ding et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Cryptococcus gattii Virulence Composite: Candidate Genes Revealed by Microarray Analysis of High and Less Virulent Vancouver Island Outbreak Strains

(2011) Popchai Ngamskulrungroj et al.   PLoS One

Copper resistance is essential for virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

(2011) F. Wolschendorf et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Sur7 Promotes Plasma Membrane Organization and Is Needed for Resistance to Stressful Conditions and to the Invasive Growth and Virulence of Candida albicans

(2011) L. M. Douglas et al.   mBio

Conidial Dihydroxynaphthalene Melanin of the Human Pathogenic Fungus Aspergillus fumigatus Interferes with the Host Endocytosis Pathway

(2011) Andreas Thywißen et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Human copper homeostasis: a network of interconnected pathways

(2010) Svetlana Lutsenko   CURRENT OPINION IN CHEMICAL BIOLOGY

The Multi-Copper-Ion Oxidase CueO of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Is Required for Systemic Virulence

(2010) M. E. S. Achard et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Affinity gradients drive copper to cellular destinations

(2010) Lucia Banci et al.   NATURE

Estimation of the current global burden of cryptococcal meningitis among persons living with HIV/AIDS

(2009) Benjamin J Park et al.   AIDS

Melanin is an essential component for the integrity of the cell wall of Aspergillus fumigatus conidia

(2009) Marc Pihet et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

A Role for the ATP7A Copper-transporting ATPase in Macrophage Bactericidal Activity

(2009) Carine White et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Role of copper in reducing hospital environment contamination

(2009) A.L. Casey et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

Resistance of melanized yeast cells of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis to antimicrobial oxidants and inhibition of phagocytosis using carbohydrates and monoclonal antibody to CD18

(2009) Marcelo Barbosa da Silva et al.   MEMORIAS DO INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ

The iron-sulfur clusters of dehydratases are primary intracellular targets of copper toxicity

(2009) L. Macomber et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A Phenotypic Profile of the Candida albicans Regulatory Network

(2009) Oliver R. Homann et al.   PLoS Genetics

Copper binding components of blood plasma and organs, and their responses to influx of large doses of 65Cu, in the mouse

(2008) Anthony Cabrera et al.   BIOMETALS

Redefining the Role of Metallothionein within the Injured Brain

(2008) Roger S. Chung et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Mechanisms for copper acquisition, distribution and regulation

(2008) Byung-Eun Kim et al.   Nature Chemical Biology