The pursuit of cryptococcal pathogenesis: heterologous hosts and the study of cryptococcal host-pathogen interactions |
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Authors: | London Roanna Orozco Benjamin Samuel Mylonakis Eleftherios |
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Institution: | Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. |
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Abstract: | Analysis of the molecular mechanisms by which a pathogen interacts with the human host is most commonly performed using a mammalian model of infection. However, several virulence-related genes previously shown to be involved in mammalian infection with Cryptococcus neoformans have also been shown to play a role in the interaction of these pathogens with invertebrates, such as Acanthamoeba castellanii, Caenorhabditis elegans, Dictyostelium discoideum, Drosophila melanogaster and Galleria mellonella. The study of host-pathogen interactions using these model hosts has allowed rapid screening of mutant libraries and can be used for the study of evolutionarily preserved aspects of microbial virulence and host response. |
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Keywords: | Caenorhabditis elegans Cryptococcus neoformans Drosophila melanogaster fungal infection Galleria mellonella Toll-pathway |
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