Surface Structure Characterization of Aspergillus fumigatus Conidia Mutated in the Melanin Synthesis Pathway and Their Human Cellular Immune Response

Unraveling the Nanoscale Surface Properties of Chitin Synthase Mutants of Aspergillus fumigatus and Their Biological Implications

(2013) David Alsteens et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Pulmonary immune responses toAspergillus fumigatusin an immunocompetent mouse model of repeated exposures

(2013) Amanda D. Buskirk et al.   Journal of Immunotoxicology

Multiparametric atomic force microscopy imaging of single bacteriophages extruding from living bacteria

(2013) David Alsteens et al.   Nature Communications

Deletion of the α-(1,3)-Glucan Synthase Genes Induces a Restructuring of the Conidial Cell Wall Responsible for the Avirulence of Aspergillus fumigatus

(2013) Anne Beauvais et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Aspergillus fumigatus melanins: interference with the host endocytosis pathway and impact on virulence

(2013) Thorsten Heinekamp et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Single-Molecule Imaging and Functional Analysis of Als Adhesins and Mannans during Candida albicans Morphogenesis

(2012) Audrey Beaussart et al.   ACS Nano

Chitin Synthases with a Myosin Motor-Like Domain Control the Resistance of Aspergillus fumigatus to Echinocandins

(2012) Cristina Jiménez-Ortigosa et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Comparison of transcriptome technologies in the pathogenic fungus Aspergillus fumigatus reveals novel insights into the genome and MpkA dependent gene expression

(2012) Sebastian Müller et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Persistence versus Escape: Aspergillus terreus and Aspergillus fumigatus Employ Different Strategies during Interactions with Macrophages

(2012) Silvia Slesiona et al.   PLoS One

Synthesis and assembly of fungal melanin

(2011) Helene C. Eisenman et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Phagocytosis of melanized Aspergillus conidia by macrophages exerts cytoprotective effects by sustained PI3K/Akt signalling

(2011) Katrin Volling et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Dishwashers – A man-made ecological niche accommodating human opportunistic fungal pathogens

(2011) P. Zalar et al.   Fungal Biology

Recognition and Blocking of Innate Immunity Cells by Candida albicans Chitin

(2011) Héctor M. Mora-Montes et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Secretome analysis of Aspergillus fumigatus reveals Asp-hemolysin as a major secreted protein

(2011) Dirk Wartenberg et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Chitosan but Not Chitin Activates the Inflammasome by a Mechanism Dependent upon Phagocytosis

(2011) Chelsea L. Bueter et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

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

Pyomelanin Formation in Aspergillus fumigatus Requires HmgX and the Transcriptional Activator HmgR but Is Dispensable for Virulence

(2011) Sophia Keller et al.   PLoS One

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

(2011) Andreas Thywißen et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Endophytic fungi community associated with the dicotyledonous plant Colobanthus quitensis (Kunth) Bartl. (Caryophyllaceae) in Antarctica

(2010) Luiz Henrique Rosa et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Functional analysis of the fungal/plant class chitinase family in Aspergillus fumigatus

(2010) Laura Alcazar-Fuoli et al.   FUNGAL GENETICS AND BIOLOGY

Src Homology 3-interacting Domain of Rv1917c ofMycobacterium tuberculosisInduces Selective Maturation of Human Dendritic Cells by Regulating PI3K-MAPK-NF-κB Signaling and Drives Th2 Immune Responses

(2010) Kushagra Bansal et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

PE_PGRS Antigens of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Induce Maturation and Activation of Human Dendritic Cells

(2010) K. Bansal et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Immuno-Reactive Molecules Identified from the Secreted Proteome ofAspergillus fumigatus

(2010) Bharat Singh et al.   JOURNAL OF PROTEOME RESEARCH

AspergillusProtein Degradation Pathways with Different Secreted Protease Sets at Neutral and Acidic pH

(2010) Dev Sriranganadane et al.   JOURNAL OF PROTEOME RESEARCH

Imaging the nanoscale organization of peptidoglycan in living Lactococcus lactis cells

(2010) Guillaume Andre et al.   Nature Communications

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

(2009) Marc Pihet et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Galactofuranose attenuates cellular adhesion ofAspergillus fumigatus

(2009) Claude Lamarre et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Aspergillus fumigatus Conidial Melanin Modulates Host Cytokine Response

(2009) Louis Y.A. Chai et al.   IMMUNOBIOLOGY

Cell Wall β-(1,6)-Glucan ofSaccharomyces cerevisiae

(2009) Vishukumar Aimanianda et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Surface hydrophobin prevents immune recognition of airborne fungal spores

(2009) Vishukumar Aimanianda et al.   NATURE

Production of Pyomelanin, a Second Type of Melanin, via the Tyrosine Degradation Pathway in Aspergillus fumigatus

(2008) J. Schmaler-Ripcke et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Atomic force microscopy and chemical force microscopy of microbial cells

(2008) Yves F Dufrêne   Nature Protocols