these immune cells release an enzyme that sends the fungal cells into programmed cell death. That prevents the spores from setting up shop in the lungs and sparking a potentially deadly lung ...

Several genetic studies have attempted to explore the fungal factors involved in antiviral responses, but the exact genes and ...

Bacterial cells close bacterial cell A microscopic individual cell of a bacterium. have a more simple structure compared to animal, plant and fungal cells and are usually much smaller.

A new multi-institutional study led by researchers at Michigan State University has characterized how fungi adapt to restructure their cell walls, effectively thwarting current antifungal medications.

Af-CAR T cells showing a sharp increase in calcium flux in lung sections infected with A. fumigatus. Credit: Science Translational Medicine (2022). DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abh1209 The ...

Each attacks a different part of a fungus’s cell membrane or cell wall, protective structures that surround the fungal cell and without which it cannot survive. The last of these classes ...