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Differences in fungal immune recognition by monocytes and macrophages: N-mannan can be a shield or activator of immune recognition by Yadav, Bhawna, Mora-Montes, Héctor M., Wagener, Jeanette, Cunningham, Iain, West, Lara, Haynes, Ken, Brown, Alistair J.P., Gow, Neil A.R.

“…[Display omitted] •Cytokine response to N-mannan mutants was dependent on the immune cell type used.•N-mannan mutants stimulated less cytokines from monocytes…”
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The EXTENSIN enigma by Moussu, Steven, Ingram, Gwyneth

“…EXTENSINS (EXTs) are an abundant and yet enigmatic class of cell wall proteins that are found across multicellular plant lineages, from Bryophytes to…”
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Leucine rich repeat-malectin receptor kinases IGP1/CORK1, IGP3 and IGP4 are required for arabidopsis immune responses triggered by β-1,4-D-Xylo-oligosaccharides from plant cell walls by Fernández-Calvo, Patricia, López, Gemma, Martín-Dacal, Marina, Aitouguinane, Meriem, Carrasco-López, Cristian, González-Bodí, Sara, Bacete, Laura, Mélida, Hugo, Sánchez-Vallet, Andrea, Molina, Antonio

“…Pattern-Triggered Immunity (PTI) in plants is activated upon recognition by Pattern Recognition Receptors (PRRs) of Damage- and Microbe-Associated Molecular…”
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The role of ABC transporter DrrABC in the export of PDIM in Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Moolla, Nabiela, Weaver, Helen, Bailo, Rebeca, Singh, Albel, Bavro, Vassiliy N., Bhatt, Apoorva

“…The Mycobacterium tuberculosis virulence lipid phthiocerol dimycocerosate (PDIM) is exported by a complex mechanism that involves multiple proteins including…”
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Sorting of GPI-anchored proteins at the trypanosome surface is independent of GPI insertion signals by Henry Miller, Thomas, Schiessler, Sabine, Maria Rogerson, Ella, Gadelha, Catarina

“…The segregation of glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored proteins (GPI-APs) to distinct domains on the plasma membrane of eukaryotic cells is important for…”
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Combatting biofilm-mediated infections in clinical settings by targeting quorum sensing by Mitra, Arindam

“…•Quorum-sensing can be targeted to disrupt biofilm formation in clinical pathogens.•Targeting quorum-sensing pathways is a potential strategy for infection…”
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Cell wall glucans of fungi. A review by Ruiz-Herrera, José, Ortiz-Castellanos, Lucila

“…[Display omitted] •Glucans are the most abundant compounds in the fungal cell walls.•The most common type of glucose bonding is 1 → 3, both alpha and…”
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Top five unanswered questions in bacterial cell wall research by Batt, Sarah M., Abrahams, Katherine A., Besra, Gurdyal S.

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Advances on cell wall biology: Highlights from the XVI Plant Cell Wall Meeting by Mélida, Hugo, Molina, Antonio

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Impact of secreted glucanases upon the cell surface and fitness of Candida albicans during colonisation and infection by Ma, Qinxi, Pradhan, Arnab, Leaves, Ian, Hickey, Emer, Roselletti, Elena, Dambuza, Ivy, Larcombe, Daniel E., de Assis, Leandro Jose, Wilson, Duncan, Erwig, Lars P., Netea, Mihai G., Childers, Delma S., Brown, Gordon D., Gow, Neil A.R., Brown, Alistair J.P.

“…Host recognition of the pathogen-associated molecular pattern (PAMP), β-1,3-glucan, plays a major role in antifungal immunity. β-1,3-glucan is an essential…”
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Metabolic modulation: Pneumocystis phosphoglucomutase is a target influencing host recognition by Kottom, Theodore J., Carmona, Eva M., Lepenies, Bernd, Limper, Andrew H.

“…Herein, this manuscript explores the significance of the phosphoglucomutase (PGM) enzyme in Pneumocystis spp., focusing on its role in fungal surface…”
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Erratum to "Fungal cell wall components modulate our immune system" Cell Surf. 7 (2021) 100067 by Briard, Benoit, Fontaine, Thierry, Kanneganti, Thirumala-Devi, Gow, Neil A R, Papon, Nicolas

“…[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1016/j.tcsw.2021.100067.].[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1016/j.tcsw.2021.100067.]…”
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Erratum to “Fungal cell wall components modulate our immune system” [Cell Surf. 7 (2021) 100067] by Briard, Benoit, Fontaine, Thierry, Kanneganti, Thirumala-Devi, Gow, Neil A.R., Papon, Nicolas

“…[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1016/j.tcsw.2021.100067.]…”
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Assembly and disassembly of Aspergillus fumigatus conidial rodlets by Valsecchi, Isabel, Lai, Jennifer I., Stephen-Victor, Emmanuel, Pillé, Ariane, Beaussart, Audrey, Lo, Victor, Pham, Chi L.L., Aimanianda, Vishukumar, Kwan, Ann H., Duchateau, Magalie, Gianetto, Quentin Giai, Matondo, Mariette, Lehoux, Melanie, Sheppard, Donald C., Dufrene, Yves F., Bayry, Jagadeesh, Guijarro, J. Iñaki, Sunde, Margaret, Latgé, Jean-Paul

“…The rodlet structure present on the Aspergillus fumigatus conidial surface hides conidia from immune recognition. In spite of the essential biological role of…”
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Observing cellulose synthases at emerging secondary thickenings in developing xylem vessels of the plant root using airyscan confocal microscopy by Wightman, Raymond

“…Movement of cellulose synthase particles have so far been observed on the plant epidermis that are amenable to confocal imaging, yielding appreciable signal…”
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Prospects for anti-Candida therapy through targeting the cell wall: A mini-review by Ahmadipour, Sanaz, Field, Robert A., Miller, Gavin J.

“…The impact of fungal infections on humans is a serious public health issue that has received much less attention than bacterial infection and treatment,…”
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A transferrin receptor’s guide to African trypanosomes by Urbaniak, Michael D., Gadelha, Catarina

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The biophysics of bacterial infections: Adhesion events in the light of force spectroscopy by Parreira, Paula, Martins, M. Cristina L.

“…Bacterial infections are the most eminent public health challenge of the 21st century. The primary step leading to infection is bacterial adhesion to the…”
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A seven-membered cell wall related transglycosylase gene family in Aspergillus niger is relevant for cell wall integrity in cell wall mutants with reduced α-glucan or galactomannan by van Leeuwe, Tim M., Wattjes, Jasper, Niehues, Anna, Forn-Cuní, Gabriel, Geoffrion, Nicholas, Mélida, Hugo, Arentshorst, Mark, Molina, Antonio, Tsang, Adrian, Meijer, Annemarie H., Moerschbacher, Bruno M., Punt, Peter J., Ram, Arthur F.J.

“…•Aspergillus niger has seven chitin transglycosylation (crh) gene orthologues.•All seven crh genes (crhA-G) are dispensable for growth and…”
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Detecting the orientation of newly-deposited crystalline cellulose with fluorescent CBM3 by Pfaff, Sarah A., Wang, Xuan, Wagner, Edward R., Wilson, Liza A., Kiemle, Sarah N., Cosgrove, Daniel J.

“…Cellulose microfibril patterning influences many of the mechanical attributes of plant cell walls. We developed a simple, fluorescence microscopy-based method…”
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