ReviewCurrent opinion in microbiology2019
The intersection of host and fungus through the zinc lens.
Review in Current opinion in microbiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.
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- An Introduction to the Influence of Nutritional Factors on the Pathogenesis of Opportunist Fungal Pathogens in Humans.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Piglet birth weight but not the timing of zinc supplementation in gestation diets affects tissue mineral concentrations and gene expression.Journal of animal science · 2025Article
- Specific Zn(II)-binding site in the C-terminus of Aspf2, a zincophore from Aspergillus fumigatus.Metallomics : integrated biometal science · 2022Article
- Gastrointestinal mucormycosis in the pediatric age group: an evolving disease.International journal of clinical and experimental pathology · 2022Article
- Proteome and secretome profiling of zinc availability in Cryptococcus neoformans identifies Wos2 as a subtle influencer of fungal virulence determinants.BMC microbiology · 2021Article
- Prevention and Treatment of Fungal Skin Infections Using Cationic Polymeric Films.Pharmaceutics · 2021Article
- How Zinc-Binding Systems, Expressed by Human Pathogens, Acquire Zinc from the Colonized Host Environment: A Critical Review on Zincophores.Current medicinal chemistry · 2021Review
- The sino-nasal warzone: transcriptomic and genomic studies on sino-nasal aspergillosis in dogs.NPJ biofilms and microbiomes · 2020Article
- Type I Interferons Ameliorate Zinc Intoxication of Candida glabrata by Macrophages and Promote Fungal Immune Evasion.iScience · 2020Article
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Abstract
In this review, we summarize data regarding the influence of zinc on host defenses to human pathogenic fungi and how the fungus acquires zinc to sustain biological functions. Mammals have evolved several extracellular and intracellular mechanisms to withhold zinc from the fungus. Specific immune cells release zinc binding proteins such as calprotectin to capture the metal and deny it to the fungus. Intracellularly, several zinc binding proteins such as metallothioneins starve the fungus of zinc. The net result in both situations is depriving the fungus of a crucial micronutrient. To combat this struggle, fungi have developed means to capture zinc and store it. The mechanisms of transport for various fungi are discussed herein.
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