Search Results - "Frazão, Stefânia de Oliveira"
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Laccase Affects the Rate of Cryptococcus neoformans Nonlytic Exocytosis from Macrophages
Published in mBio (08-09-2020)“…Nonlytic exocytosis is a process in which previously ingested microbes are expelled from host phagocytes with the concomitant survival of both cell types. This…”
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Opsonin-free, real-time imaging of Cryptococcus neoformans capsule during budding
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A hidden battle in the dirt: Soil amoebae interactions with Paracoccidioides spp
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-10-2019)“…Paracoccidioides spp. are thermodimorphic fungi that cause a neglected tropical disease (paracoccidioidomycosis) that is endemic to Latin America. These fungi…”
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Faster Cryptococcus Melanization Increases Virulence in Experimental and Human Cryptococcosis
Published in Journal of fungi (Basel) (12-04-2022)“…spp. are human pathogens that cause 181,000 deaths per year. In this work, we systematically investigated the virulence attributes of spp. clinical isolates…”
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Imaging Cryptococcus spp. Capsule by Differential Interference Contrast Microscopy Using Percoll
Published in Bio-protocol (20-11-2019)“…The most important virulence factor in the genus is the polysaccharide capsule. This genus includes several species that cause life-threatening invasive…”
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Measuring Laccase Activity and Melanin Production in Cryptococcus neoformans
Published in Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) (2024)“…Melanin is a complex dark pigment synthetized by the phenoloxidase enzyme laccase in Cryptococcus neoformans. In vitro, this enzyme oxidizes exogenous…”
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