Latest Research on the Fungal Cell Wall
A special issue of Journal of Fungi (ISSN 2309-608X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2025 | Viewed by 167
Special Issue Editor
Interests: fungal cell wall; virulence factors; host–fungus interaction
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Mycoses have recently attracted the attention of clinicians and basic researchers because of the greater burden they represent for any health system. The associated mortality and morbidity rates are progressively rising because some of these diseases are still neglected by healthcare workers, and because of the increase in resistance to antifungal drugs.
The cell wall is a species-specific trait that provides protection to the fungal cell and is a molecular scaffold to display virulence factors and determinants. Its components are usually recognized by the host immunity, have been used to establish strategies for diagnosis, and are explored as new targets for the development of new antifungal drugs. This Special Issue is open to researchers and clinicians working in the medical mycology field, exploring the most recent aspects of the fungal cell wall.
Original research and review papers on the cell wall structure, biogenesis, virulence factors, immune recognition, and new diagnostic and therapeutic approaches based on the cell wall are welcome.
Prof. Dr. Hector M. Mora-Montes
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- virulence factor
- polysaccharides
- immune sensing
- immune evasion
- antifungal drugs
- mycosis
- diagnosis
- glucan
- chitin
- glycans
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