Cryptococcus neoformans Chitin Synthase 3 Plays a Critical Role in Dampening Host Inflammatory Responses

by Camaron R. Hole, Woei C. Lam, Rajendra Upadhya, Jennifer K. Lodge
Published 2020-02-01

Global transcriptome profile of Cryptococcus neoformans during exposure to hydrogen peroxide induced oxidative stress.

by Rajendra Upadhya, Leona T Campbell, Maureen J Donlin, Rajeev Aurora, Jennifer K Lodge
Published 2013-01-01

Induction of Protective Immunity to Cryptococcal Infection in Mice by a Heat-Killed, Chitosan-Deficient Strain of Cryptococcus neoformans

by Rajendra Upadhya, Woei C. Lam, Brian Maybruck, Charles A. Specht, Stuart M. Levitz, Jennifer K. Lodge
Published 2016-05-01

Cryptococcus neoformans Cda1 and Its Chitin Deacetylase Activity Are Required for Fungal Pathogenesis

by Rajendra Upadhya, Lorina G. Baker, Woei C. Lam, Charles A. Specht, Maureen J. Donlin, Jennifer K. Lodge
Published 2018-11-01

The Aminoalkylindole BML-190 Negatively Regulates Chitosan Synthesis via the Cyclic AMP/Protein Kinase A1 Pathway in Cryptococcus neoformans

by Brian T. Maybruck, Woei C. Lam, Charles A. Specht, Ma. Xenia G. Ilagan, Maureen J. Donlin, Jennifer K. Lodge
Published 2019-12-01

Chitosan Biosynthesis and Virulence in the Human Fungal Pathogen Cryptococcus gattii

by Woei C. Lam, Rajendra Upadhya, Charles A. Specht, Abigail E. Ragsdale, Camaron R. Hole, Stuart M. Levitz, Jennifer K. Lodge
Published 2019-10-01

Vaccination with Recombinant Cryptococcus Proteins in Glucan Particles Protects Mice against Cryptococcosis in a Manner Dependent upon Mouse Strain and Cryptococcal Species

by Charles A. Specht, Chrono K. Lee, Haibin Huang, Maureen M. Hester, Jianhua Liu, Bridget A. Luckie, Melanie A. Torres Santana, Zeynep Mirza, Payam Khoshkenar, Ambily Abraham, Zu T. Shen, Jennifer K. Lodge, Ali Akalin, Jane Homan, Gary R. Ostroff, Stuart M. Levitz, Kirsten Nielsen
Published 2017-11-01

Analysis of the genome and transcriptome of Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii reveals complex RNA expression and microevolution leading to virulence attenuation.

by Guilhem Janbon, Kate L Ormerod, Damien Paulet, Edmond J Byrnes, Vikas Yadav, Gautam Chatterjee, Nandita Mullapudi, Chung-Chau Hon, R Blake Billmyre, François Brunel, Yong-Sun Bahn, Weidong Chen, Yuan Chen, Eve W L Chow, Jean-Yves Coppée, Anna Floyd-Averette, Claude Gaillardin, Kimberly J Gerik, Jonathan Goldberg, Sara Gonzalez-Hilarion, Sharvari Gujja, Joyce L Hamlin, Yen-Ping Hsueh, Giuseppe Ianiri, Steven Jones, Chinnappa D Kodira, Lukasz Kozubowski, Woei Lam, Marco Marra, Larry D Mesner, Piotr A Mieczkowski, Frédérique Moyrand, Kirsten Nielsen, Caroline Proux, Tristan Rossignol, Jacqueline E Schein, Sheng Sun, Carolin Wollschlaeger, Ian A Wood, Qiandong Zeng, Cécile Neuvéglise, Carol S Newlon, John R Perfect, Jennifer K Lodge, Alexander Idnurm, Jason E Stajich, James W Kronstad, Kaustuv Sanyal, Joseph Heitman, James A Fraser, Christina A Cuomo, Fred S Dietrich
Published 2014-04-01