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ReviewAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2026

Hybrid histidine kinases and antifungal warfare in thermal dimorphic fungi.

Frances S Faguy, Maciej Walczak, Bridget M Barker

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Review in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Frances S FaguyPathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.ORCID 0009-0005-8793-2509
Maciej WalczakDepartment of Chemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
Bridget M BarkerPathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3439-4517

Funding

Early in vivo Expressed Antigens and their Role in Virulence, Immune Response, and Vaccines for CoccidioidomycosisU19AI166058 · NIAID · NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY · PI Deborah H. Fuller · 2022 to 2026
$12.1M
Virulence gene discovery in CoccidioidesU19AI166798 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Satya Dandekar · 2022 to 2026
$10.5M
Novel antifungal agents against coccidioidomycosisR01AI175635 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO · PI Maciej Walczak · 2024 to 2026
$2.2M
Regulation of infectious spore formation in the fungal pathogen Coccidioides posadasiiR21AI193607 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI BREM, RACHEL BETH · 2025 to 2025
$438k
Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases 5R01AI175635-02NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI175635NIAID NIH HHS R21AI193607NIH HHS U19AI166058NIH HHS U19AI166798
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thermal dimorphic fungal pathogens are fungi that infect humans, often through the inhalation of asexual conidia, and which transition from hyphae to yeast in the human body. These fungi cause severe or chronic mycoses and are typically treated with azoles or amphotericin B. Ambruticin, a polyketide antifungal, shows promise as an alternative therapy. It targets hybrid histidine kinases (HHKs), which are fungal-specific proteins essential for osmoregulation and parasitic morphology and are conserved across thermal dimorphic species. Targeting HHKs suggests that ambruticin may therapeutically treat infections from multiple fungi without causing mechanism-based toxicity. We explore ambruticin's potential to effectively treat these fungal infections without major adverse effects.

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Antifungal AgentsCoccidioidesFungiHistidine KinaseProtein KinasesFungal ProteinsHumansAntifungal AgentsFungal ProteinsHistidine KinaseProtein KinasesambruticinCoccidioides immitisCoccidioides posadasiiCoccidioidomycosisfluconazolehybrid histidine kinase

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PMID41636490
PMCPMC12959091

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