Pathogenicity patterns of mucormycosis: epidemiology, interaction with immune cells and virulence factors

In Situ Validation of the Endothelial Cell Receptor GRP78 in a Case of Rhinocerebral Mucormycosis

(2018) Evgenii Shumilov et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Molecular confirmation of the linkage between Rhizopus oryzae CYP51A gene coding region and its intrinsic voriconazole and fluconazole resistance.

(2018) Daiana Macedo et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

QPCR detection of Mucorales DNA in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid to diagnose pulmonary mucormycosis

(2018) Emeline E Scherer et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Galleria mellonella as a model system to study virulence potential of mucormycetes and evaluation of antifungal treatment

(2018) Elisabeth Maurer et al.   MEDICAL MYCOLOGY

Challenges in the diagnosis and treatment of mucormycosis

(2018) A Skiada et al.   MEDICAL MYCOLOGY

Comparative genome-wide analysis of extracellular small RNAs from the mucormycosis pathogen Rhizopus delemar

(2018) Muxing Liu et al.   Scientific Reports

Components of a new gene family of ferroxidases involved in virulence are functionally specialized in fungal dimorphism

(2018) María Isabel Navarro-Mendoza et al.   Scientific Reports

Understanding Mucor circinelloides pathogenesis by comparative genomics and phenotypical studies

(2018) Loida López-Fernández et al.   Virulence

A New Method for Reactivating and Expanding T Cells Specific for Rhizopus oryzae

(2018) Paul Castillo et al.   Molecular Therapy-Methods & Clinical Development

PCR-Based Approach Targeting Mucorales-Specific Gene Family for Diagnosis of Mucormycosis

(2018) Clara Baldin et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Inhibition of EGFR Signaling Protects from Mucormycosis

(2018) Tonya N. Watkins et al.   mBio

Iron restriction inside macrophages regulates pulmonary host defense against Rhizopus species

(2018) Angeliki M. Andrianaki et al.   Nature Communications

An Adult Zebrafish Model Reveals that Mucormycosis Induces Apoptosis of Infected Macrophages

(2018) Azucena López-Muñoz et al.   Scientific Reports

Occurrence and species distribution of pathogenic Mucorales in unselected soil samples from France

(2017) B Mousavi et al.   MEDICAL MYCOLOGY

Calli Essential Oils Synergize with Lawsone against Multidrug Resistant Pathogens

(2017) Sameh Soliman et al.   MOLECULES

Ketoacidosis alone does not predispose to mucormycosis by Lichtheimia in a murine pulmonary infection model

(2017) Bianca Schulze et al.   Virulence

Mucorales spores induce a proinflammatory cytokine response in human mononuclear phagocytes and harbor no rodlet hydrophobins

(2017) Sebastian Wurster et al.   Virulence

Increasing incidence of mucormycosis in a large Spanish hospital from 2007 to 2015: Epidemiology and microbiological characterization of the isolates

(2017) Jesús Guinea et al.   PLoS One

Prevalence, clinical and economic burden of mucormycosis-related hospitalizations in the United States: a retrospective study

(2016) Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Virulence factors in fungal pathogens of man

(2016) Sascha Brunke et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

ECIL-6 guidelines for the treatment of invasive candidiasis, aspergillosis and mucormycosis in leukemia and hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients

(2016) Frederic Tissot et al.   HAEMATOLOGICA

A phylum-level phylogenetic classification of zygomycete fungi based on genome-scale data

(2016) Joseph W. Spatafora et al.   MYCOLOGIA

An integrated genomic and transcriptomic survey of mucormycosis-causing fungi

(2016) Marcus C. Chibucos et al.   Nature Communications

Galleria mellonellainfection models for the study of bacterial diseases and for antimicrobial drug testing

(2016) Catherine Jia-Yun Tsai et al.   Virulence

ECIL-6 guidelines for the treatment of invasive candidiasis, aspergillosis and mucormycosis in leukemia and hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients

(2016) Frederic Tissot et al.   HAEMATOLOGICA

Identification of Antigenic Proteins from Lichtheimia corymbifera for Farmer’s Lung Disease Diagnosis

(2016) Bénédicte Rognon et al.   PLoS One

A zebrafish larval model reveals early tissue-specific innate immune responses to Mucor circinelloides

(2015) K. Voelz et al.   Disease Models & Mechanisms

Western blotting as a tool for the serodiagnosis of farmer's lung disease: validation with Lichtheimia corymbifera protein extracts

(2015) B. Rognon et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Calcineurin orchestrates dimorphic transitions, antifungal drug responses and host-pathogen interactions of the pathogenic mucoralean fungusMucor circinelloides

(2015) Soo Chan Lee et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Burden of serious fungal infections in Nepal

(2015) Ushana Shrestha Khwakhali et al.   MYCOSES

Burden of fungal infections in Senegal

(2015) Aida S. Badiane et al.   MYCOSES

Burden of fungal infections in Qatar

(2015) Saad J. Taj-Aldeen et al.   MYCOSES

Natural killer cell-mediated damage of clinical isolates of mucormycetes

(2015) Stanislaw Schmidt et al.   MYCOSES

Investigation and Management of a Rhizomucor Outbreak in a Pediatric Cancer Hospital in Egypt

(2015) Hadir A. El-Mahallawy et al.   PEDIATRIC BLOOD & CANCER

Platelets in inflammation and infection

(2015) Craig N. Jenne et al.   PLATELETS

Role of extracellular RNA-carrying vesicles in cell differentiation and reprogramming

(2015) Peter J. Quesenberry et al.   Stem Cell Research & Therapy

Adaptation to thermotolerance inRhizopuscoincides with virulence as revealed by avian and invertebrate infection models, phylogeny, physiological and metabolic flexibility

(2015) Kerstin Kaerger et al.   Virulence

The pathogenic potential of theLichtheimiagenus revisited:Lichtheimia brasiliensisis a novel, non-pathogenic species

(2014) Volker U. Schwartze et al.   MYCOSES

Virulent strain ofLichtheimia corymbiferashows increased phagocytosis by macrophages as revealed by automated microscopy image analysis

(2014) Kaswara Kraibooj et al.   MYCOSES

Mucormycosis Outbreak Associated With Hospital Linens

(2014) Jonathan Duffy et al.   PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL

Human Fungal Pathogens of Mucorales and Entomophthorales

(2014) L. Mendoza et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine

Gene Expansion Shapes Genome Architecture in the Human Pathogen Lichtheimia corymbifera: An Evolutionary Genomics Analysis in the Ancient Terrestrial Mucorales (Mucoromycotina)

(2014) Volker U. Schwartze et al.   PLoS Genetics

Epidemiology and treatment of mucormycosis

(2013) Russell E Lewis et al.   Future Microbiology

CotH3 mediates fungal invasion of host cells during mucormycosis

(2013) Teclegiorgis Gebremariam et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

The family structure of the Mucorales: a synoptic revision based on comprehensive multigene-genealogies

(2013) K. Hoffmann et al.   PERSOONIA

Neutrophils in innate and adaptive immunity

(2013) Sébastien Jaillon et al.   Seminars in Immunopathology

Endothelial Cell Heterogeneity

(2013) W. C. Aird   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine

Calcineurin Plays Key Roles in the Dimorphic Transition and Virulence of the Human Pathogenic Zygomycete Mucor circinelloides

(2013) Soo Chan Lee et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Treatment of fungal disease in the setting of neutropenia

(2013) T. J. Walsh et al.   Hematology-American Society of Hematology Education Program

Healthcare-Associated Mucormycosis

(2012) Blandine Rammaert et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Taxonomy of Fungi Causing Mucormycosis and Entomophthoramycosis (Zygomycosis) and Nomenclature of the Disease: Molecular Mycologic Perspectives

(2012) Kyung J. Kwon-Chung   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Diagnosis and treatment of mucormycosis in patients with hematological malignancies: guidelines from the 3rd European Conference on Infections in Leukemia (ECIL 3)

(2012) A. Skiada et al.   HAEMATOLOGICA

Rhizopus oryzae hyphae are damaged by human natural killer (NK) cells, but suppress NK cell mediated immunity

(2012) Stanislaw Schmidt et al.   IMMUNOBIOLOGY

Necrotizing Cutaneous Mucormycosis after a Tornado in Joplin, Missouri, in 2011

(2012) Robyn Neblett Fanfair et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Lichtheimia Species Exhibit Differences in Virulence Potential

(2012) Volker U. Schwartze et al.   PLoS One

Mucorales-specific T cells emerge in the course of invasive mucormycosis and may be used as a surrogate diagnostic marker in high-risk patients

(2011) L. Potenza et al.   BLOOD

Sex Determination in the First-Described Sexual Fungus

(2011) Alexander Idnurm   EUKARYOTIC CELL

Antifungal Susceptibility and Phylogeny of Opportunistic Members of the Order Mucorales

(2011) Roxana G. Vitale et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Direct Analysis and Identification of Pathogenic Lichtheimia Species by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Analyzer-Mediated Mass Spectrometry

(2011) W. Schrodl et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

A Consistent Phylogenetic Backbone for the Fungi

(2011) I. Ebersberger et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Mortierellomycotina subphyl. nov., based on multi-gene genealogies

(2011) K. Hoffmann et al.   MYCOTAXON

Use of the Yeast Pichia pastoris as an Expression Host for Secretion of Enterocin L50, a Leaderless Two-Peptide (L50A and L50B) Bacteriocin from Enterococcus faecium L50

(2010) A. Basanta et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Prospective Surveillance for Invasive Fungal Infections in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients, 2001–2006: Overview of the Transplant‐Associated Infection Surveillance Network (TRANSNET) Database

(2010) Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Invasive Fungal Infections among Organ Transplant Recipients: Results of the Transplant‐Associated Infection Surveillance Network (TRANSNET)

(2010) Peter G. Pappas et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

The endothelial cell receptor GRP78 is required for mucormycosis pathogenesis in diabetic mice

(2010) Mingfu Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Phylogenomic analyses predict sistergroup relationship of nucleariids and Fungi and paraphyly of zygomycetes with significant support

(2009) Yu Liu et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

The ecology of the Zygomycetes and its impact on environmental exposure

(2009) M. Richardson   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Potential Antifungal Effects of Human Platelets against Zygomycetes In Vitro

(2009) Susanne Perkhofer et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Cooperative Biosynthesis of Trisporoids by the (+) and (−) Mating Types of the ZygomyceteBlakeslea trispora

(2008) Doreen Schachtschabel et al.   CHEMBIOCHEM

Zebrafish as a model for infectious disease and immune function

(2008) Con Sullivan et al.   FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY

Functions of natural killer cells

(2008) Eric Vivier et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

Drosophila melanogaster as a model host to dissect the immunopathogenesis of zygomycosis

(2008) G. Chamilos et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA