beta-Glucans
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Subject Areas on Research
- A glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor is required for membrane localization but dispensable for cell wall association of chitin deacetylase 2 in Cryptococcus neoformans.
- Dectin-1 and IL-17A suppress murine asthma induced by Aspergillus versicolor but not Cladosporium cladosporioides due to differences in β-glucan surface exposure.
- Defects in intracellular trafficking of fungal cell wall synthases lead to aberrant host immune recognition.
- Diagnosis of fungal infection: new technologies for the mycology laboratory.
- Differential effects of inhibiting chitin and 1,3-{beta}-D-glucan synthesis in ras and calcineurin mutants of Aspergillus fumigatus.
- Early treatment of candidemia in adults: a review.
- Emerging roles of Dectin-1 in noninfectious settings and in the CNS.
- Invasive mycoses: evolving challenges and opportunities in antifungal therapy. Introduction.
- KRE genes are required for beta-1,6-glucan synthesis, maintenance of capsule architecture and cell wall protein anchoring in Cryptococcus neoformans.
- Length Specificity and Polymerization Mechanism of (1,3)-β-d-Glucan Synthase in Fungal Cell Wall Biosynthesis.
- Multicenter clinical evaluation of the (1-->3) beta-D-glucan assay as an aid to diagnosis of fungal infections in humans.
- Prevention and early treatment of invasive fungal infection in patients with cancer and neutropenia and in stem cell transplant recipients in the era of newer broad-spectrum antifungal agents and diagnostic adjuncts.
- Quantification of 1,3-beta-D-glucan levels in children: preliminary data for diagnostic use of the beta-glucan assay in a pediatric setting.
- Surface availability of beta-glucans is critical determinant of host immune response to Cladosporium cladosporioides.
- The (1,3){beta}-D-glucan test as an aid to early diagnosis of invasive fungal infections following lung transplantation.
- β-D-glucan surveillance with preemptive anidulafungin for invasive candidiasis in intensive care unit patients: a randomized pilot study.
- β-Glucan exacerbates allergic asthma independent of fungal sensitization and promotes steroid-resistant TH2/TH17 responses.