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Onyishi, CU, Jeon, Y, Fejer, G, Mukhopadhyay, S, Gordon, S & May, RC 2024, 'Loss of the scavenger receptor MARCO results in uncontrolled vomocytosis of fungi from macrophages', European Journal of Immunology. https://doi.org/10.1002/eji.202350771
Rodrigues, ML, May, RC & Janbon, G 2024, 'The multiple frontiers in the study of extracellular vesicles produced by fungi', Microbes and Infection, vol. 26, no. 1-2, 105233. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micinf.2023.105233
Sauters, TJC, Roth, C, Murray, D, Sun, S, Floyd Averette, A, Onyishi, CU, May, RC, Heitman, J & Magwene, PM 2023, 'Amoeba predation of Cryptococcus: A quantitative and population genomic evaluation of the accidental pathogen hypothesis', PLoS Pathogens, vol. 19, no. 11, e1011763. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1011763
Njovu, IK, Nalumaga, PP, Ampaire, L, Nuwagira, E, Mwesigye, J, Musinguzi, B, Kassaza, K, Taseera, K, Kiguli Mukasa, J, Bazira, J, Iramiot, JS, Baguma, A, Bongomin, F, Kwizera, R, Achan, B, Cox, MJ, King, JS, May, R, Ballou, ER & Itabangi, H 2023, 'Investigating Metabolic and Molecular Ecological Evolution of Opportunistic Pulmonary Fungal Coinfections: Protocol for a Laboratory-Based Cross-Sectional Study', JMIR Research Protocols, vol. 12, e48014. https://doi.org/10.2196/48014
Mohamed, SH, Fu, MS, Hain, S, Alselami, A, Vanhoffelen, E, Li, Y, Bojang, E, Lukande, R, Ballou, ER, May, RC, Ding, C, Velde, GV & Drummond, RA 2023, 'Microglia are not protective against cryptococcal meningitis', Nature Communications, vol. 14, no. 1, 7202. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-43061-0
Panconi, L, Lorenz, CD, May, RC, Owen, DM & Makarova, M 2023, 'Phospholipid tail asymmetry allows cellular adaptation to anoxic environments', The Journal of biological chemistry, vol. 299, no. 9, 105134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbc.2023.105134
Haider, MJA, Shave, CD, Onyishi, CU, Jagielski, T, Lara-Reyna, S, Frickel, E-M & May, RC 2023, 'Species- and strain-specific differences in the phagocytosis of Prototheca: insights from live-cell imaging', Infection and Immunity. https://doi.org/10.1128/iai.00066-23
Onyishi, CU, Desanti, GE, Wilkinson, AL, Lara-Reyna, S, Frickel, E-M, Fejer, G, Christophe, OD, Bryant, CE, Mukhopadhyay, S, Gordon, S & May, RC 2023, 'Toll-like receptor 4 and macrophage scavenger receptor 1 crosstalk regulates phagocytosis of a fungal pathogen', Nature Communications, vol. 14, no. 1, 4895. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-40635-w
Saidykhan, L, Correia, J, Romanyuk, A, Desanti, GE, Taylor-Smith, L, Makarova, M, Ballou, ER & May, RC 2022, 'An in vitro method for inducing titan cells reveals novel features of yeast-to-titan switching in the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus gattii', PLoS Pathogens, vol. 18, no. 8, e1010321. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1010321
Bryant, J, Riordan, L, Watson, R, Nikoi, ND, Trzaska, W, Slope, L, Tibbatts, C, Alexander, MR, Scurr, DJ, May, R & De Cogan, F 2022, 'Developing novel biointerfaces: using chlorhexidine surface attachment as a method for creating anti-fungal surfaces', Global Challenges, vol. 6, no. 5, 2100138. https://doi.org/10.1002/gch2.202100138
Du, Y, May, RC & Cooper, HJ 2022, 'Native ambient mass spectrometry of intact protein assemblies directly from Escherichia coli colonies', Chemical Communications, vol. 58, no. 48, pp. 6857-6860. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2CC02085H
Rose, S, Beckwith, EJ, Burmester, C, May, RC, Dionne, MS & Rezaval, C 2022, 'Pre-copulatory reproductive behaviours are preserved in Drosophila melanogaster infected with bacteria', Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 289, no. 1974, 20220492. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.0492
Comment/debate
Saidykhan, L, Correia, J, Romanyuk, A, Peacock, AFA, Desanti, GE, Taylor-Smith, L, Makarova, M, Ballou, ER & May, RC 2022, 'Correction: An in vitro method for inducing titan cells reveals novel features of yeast-to-titan switching in the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus gattii', PLoS Pathogens, vol. 18, no. 11, e1011001. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1011001
Preprint
Panconi, L, Lorenz, CD, May, R, Owen, D & Makarova, M 2022 'Phospholipid tail asymmetry allows cellular adaptation to anoxic environments' bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.08.04.502790
Review article
Saidykhan, L, Onyishi, CU & May, RC 2022, 'The Cryptococcus gattii species complex: Unique pathogenic yeasts with understudied virulence mechanisms', PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, vol. 16, no. 12, e0010916. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010916
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