Cryptococcus neoformansActivates RhoGTPase Proteins Followed by Protein Kinase C, Focal Adhesion Kinase, and Ezrin to Promote Traversal across the Blood-Brain Barrier

Cryptococcus neoformansphospholipase B1 activates host cell Rac1 for traversal across the blood-brain barrier

(2012) Ravi Maruvada et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Invasion ofCryptococcus neoformansinto Human Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cells Is Mediated through the Lipid Rafts-Endocytic Pathway via the Dual Specificity Tyrosine Phosphorylation-regulated Kinase 3 (DYRK3)

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Automated Analysis of Cryptococcal Macrophage Parasitism Using GFP-Tagged Cryptococci

(2011) Kerstin Voelz et al.   PLoS One

Emerging role for ERM proteins in cell adhesion and migration

(2011) Monique Arpin et al.   Cell Adhesion & Migration

Cryptococci at the brain gate: break and enter or use a Trojan horse?

(2010) Arturo Casadevall   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Real-time imaging of trapping and urease-dependent transmigration of Cryptococcus neoformans in mouse brain

(2010) Meiqing Shi et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Penetration of the blood–brain barrier by Staphylococcus aureus: contribution of membrane-anchored lipoteichoic acid

(2010) Tamsin R. Sheen et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE-JMM

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

(2009) Benjamin J Park et al.   AIDS

Laminin receptor initiates bacterial contact with the blood brain barrier in experimental meningitis models

(2009) Carlos J. Orihuela et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Regulation of Endothelial Junctional Permeability

(2008) Emily Vandenbroucke et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Involvement of human CD44 during Cryptococcus neoformans infection of brain microvascular endothelial cells

(2008) Ambrose Jong et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Invasion ofCryptococcus neoformansinto human brain microvascular endothelial cells requires protein kinase C-α activation

(2008) Ambrose Jong et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Epidemiology and management of cryptococcal meningitis: developments and challenges

(2008) Read Pukkila-Worley et al.   EXPERT OPINION ON PHARMACOTHERAPY

Evidence of a Role for Monocytes in Dissemination and Brain Invasion by Cryptococcus neoformans

(2008) C. Charlier et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Mechanisms of microbial traversal of the blood–brain barrier

(2008) Kwang Sik Kim   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Blood-brain barrier tight junction permeability and ischemic stroke

(2008) Karin E. Sandoval et al.   NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE