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Nitric oxide releasing nanoparticles are therapeutic for Staphylococcus aureus abscesses in a murine model of infection.

Han G, Martinez LR, Mihu MR, Friedman AJ, Friedman JM, Nosanchuk JD.

PLoS One. 2009 Nov 12;4(11):e7804.PMID: 19915659 [PubMed - in process]Related articlesFree article

The use of chitosan to damage Cryptococcus neoformans biofilms.

Martinez LR, Mihu MR, Han G, Frases S, Cordero RJ, Casadevall A, Friedman AJ, Friedman JM, Nosanchuk JD.

Biomaterials. 2010 Feb;31(4):669-79. Epub 2009 Oct 9.PMID: 19819009 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Resistance of melanized yeast cells of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis to antimicrobial oxidants and inhibition of phagocytosis using carbohydrates and monoclonal antibody to CD18.

da Silva MB, Thomaz L, Marques AF, Svidzinski AE, Nosanchuk JD, Casadevall A, Travassos LR, Taborda CP.

Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2009 Jul;104(4):644-8.PMID: 19722091 [PubMed - in process]Related articlesFree article

Acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) reduces damage to reconstituted human tissues infected with Candida species by inhibiting extracellular fungal lipases.

Trofa D, Agovino M, Stehr F, Schäfer W, Rykunov D, Fiser A, Hamari Z, Nosanchuk JD, Gácser A.

Microbes Infect. 2009 Aug 22. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19703582 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Methamphetamine enhances histoplasmosis by immunosuppression of the host.

Martinez LR, Mihu MR, Gácser A, Santambrogio L, Nosanchuk JD.

J Infect Dis. 2009 Jul 1;200(1):131-41.PMID: 19473099 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Antimicrobial and healing efficacy of sustained release nitric oxide nanoparticles against Staphylococcus aureus skin infection.

Martinez LR, Han G, Chacko M, Mihu MR, Jacobson M, Gialanella P, Friedman AJ, Nosanchuk JD, Friedman JM.

J Invest Dermatol. 2009 Oct;129(10):2463-9. Epub 2009 Apr 23.PMID: 19387479 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Growth conditions influence melanization of Brazilian clinical Sporothrix schenckii isolates.

Almeida-Paes R, Frases S, Fialho Monteiro PC, Gutierrez-Galhardo MC, Zancopé-Oliveira RM, Nosanchuk JD.

Microbes Infect. 2009 Apr;11(5):554-62. Epub 2009 Mar 27.PMID: 19328867 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Vesicular transport across the fungal cell wall.

Casadevall A, Nosanchuk JD, Williamson P, Rodrigues ML.

Trends Microbiol. 2009 Apr;17(4):158-62. Epub 2009 Mar 18.PMID: 19299133 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Radioimmunotherapy of experimental human metastatic melanoma with melanin-binding antibodies and in combination with dacarbazine.

Revskaya E, Jongco AM, Sellers RS, Howell RC, Koba W, Guimaraes AJ, Nosanchuk JD, Casadevall A, Dadachova E.

Clin Cancer Res. 2009 Apr 1;15(7):2373-9. Epub 2009 Mar 17.PMID: 19293257 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Iatrogenic meningitis in an obstetric patient after combined spinal-epidural analgesia: case report and review of the literature.

Sandkovsky U, Mihu MR, Adeyeye A, De Forest PM, Nosanchuk JD.

South Med J. 2009 Mar;102(3):287-90. Review.PMID: 19204609 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Monoclonal antibodies to heat shock protein 60 alter the pathogenesis of Histoplasma capsulatum.

Guimarães AJ, Frases S, Gomez FJ, Zancopé-Oliveira RM, Nosanchuk JD.

Infect Immun. 2009 Apr;77(4):1357-67. Epub 2009 Jan 29.PMID: 19179416 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

A role for vesicular transport of macromolecules across cell walls in fungal pathogenesis.

Nosanchuk JD, Nimrichter L, Casadevall A, Rodrigues ML.

Commun Integr Biol. 2008;1(1):37-39.PMID: 19169363 [PubMed]Related articlesFree article

Biological function and molecular mapping of M antigen in yeast phase of Histoplasma capsulatum.

Guimarães AJ, Hamilton AJ, de M Guedes HL, Nosanchuk JD, Zancopé-Oliveira RM.

PLoS One. 2008;3(10):e3449. Epub 2008 Oct 17.PMID: 18927619 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Candida parapsilosis, an emerging fungal pathogen.

Trofa D, Gácser A, Nosanchuk JD.

Clin Microbiol Rev. 2008 Oct;21(4):606-25. Review.PMID: 18854483 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Melanin as a virulence factor of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis and other dimorphic pathogenic fungi: a minireview.

Taborda CP, da Silva MB, Nosanchuk JD, Travassos LR.

Mycopathologia. 2008 Apr-May;165(4-5):331-9. Review.PMID: 18777637 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Histoplasma capsulatum at the host-pathogen interface.

Nosanchuk JD, Gacser A.

Microbes Infect. 2008 Jul;10(9):973-7. Epub 2008 Jul 10. Review.PMID: 18672088 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

A monoclonal antibody to Histoplasma capsulatum alters the intracellular fate of the fungus in murine macrophages.

Shi L, Albuquerque PC, Lazar-Molnar E, Wang X, Santambrogio L, Gácser A, Nosanchuk JD.

Eukaryot Cell. 2008 Jul;7(7):1109-17. Epub 2008 May 16.PMID: 18487350 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The monoclonal antibody against the major diagnostic antigen of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis mediates immune protection in infected BALB/c mice challenged intratracheally with the fungus.

Buissa-Filho R, Puccia R, Marques AF, Pinto FA, Muñoz JE, Nosanchuk JD, Travassos LR, Taborda CP.

Infect Immun. 2008 Jul;76(7):3321-8. Epub 2008 May 5.PMID: 18458072 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The radioprotective properties of fungal melanin are a function of its chemical composition, stable radical presence and spatial arrangement.

Dadachova E, Bryan RA, Howell RC, Schweitzer AD, Aisen P, Nosanchuk JD, Casadevall A.

Pigment Cell Melanoma Res. 2008 Apr;21(2):192-9.PMID: 18426412 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Vesicular transport in Histoplasma capsulatum: an effective mechanism for trans-cell wall transfer of proteins and lipids in ascomycetes.

Albuquerque PC, Nakayasu ES, Rodrigues ML, Frases S, Casadevall A, Zancope-Oliveira RM, Almeida IC, Nosanchuk JD.

Cell Microbiol. 2008 Aug;10(8):1695-710. Epub 2008 Apr 17.PMID: 18419773 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Methamphetamine inhibits antigen processing, presentation, and phagocytosis.

Tallóczy Z, Martinez J, Joset D, Ray Y, Gácser A, Toussi S, Mizushima N, Nosanchuk JD, Goldstein H, Loike J, Sulzer D, Santambrogio L.

PLoS Pathog. 2008 Feb 8;4(2):e28. Erratum in: PLoS Pathog. 2008 Mar;4(3). doi: 10.1371/annotation/bd02ad26-a081-4c61-88c2-ebda285b8bca. Nosanchuk, Josh [corrected to Nosanchuk, Joshua D]. PMID: 18282092 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The PD-1/PD-L costimulatory pathway critically affects host resistance to the pathogenic fungus Histoplasma capsulatum.

Lázár-Molnár E, Gácser A, Freeman GJ, Almo SC, Nathenson SG, Nosanchuk JD.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Feb 19;105(7):2658-63. Epub 2008 Feb 11.PMID: 18268348 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Current status and future of antifungal therapy for systemic mycoses.

Nosanchuk JD.

Recent Pat Antiinfect Drug Discov. 2006 Jan;1(1):75-84. Review.PMID: 18221136 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Extracellular vesicles produced by Cryptococcus neoformans contain protein components associated with virulence.

Rodrigues ML, Nakayasu ES, Oliveira DL, Nimrichter L, Nosanchuk JD, Almeida IC, Casadevall A.

Eukaryot Cell. 2008 Jan;7(1):58-67. Epub 2007 Nov 26.PMID: 18039940 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Voriconazole inhibits melanization in Cryptococcus neoformans.

Martinez LR, Ntiamoah P, Gácser A, Casadevall A, Nosanchuk JD.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2007 Dec;51(12):4396-400. Epub 2007 Oct 8.PMID: 17923488 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Phage display library derived peptides that bind to human tumor melanin as potential vehicles for targeted radionuclide therapy of metastatic melanoma.

Howell RC, Revskaya E, Pazo V, Nosanchuk JD, Casadevall A, Dadachova E.

Bioconjug Chem. 2007 Nov-Dec;18(6):1739-48. Epub 2007 Oct 2.PMID: 17907769 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Caspofungin reduces the incidence of fungal contamination in cell culture.

Martinez LR, Ntiamoah P, Casadevall A, Nosanchuk JD.

Mycopathologia. 2007 Dec;164(6):279-86. Epub 2007 Sep 22.PMID: 17899440 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Targeted gene deletion in Candida parapsilosis demonstrates the role of secreted lipase in virulence.

Gácser A, Trofa D, Schäfer W, Nosanchuk JD.

J Clin Invest. 2007 Oct;117(10):3049-58.PMID: 17853941 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Monoclonal antibody to fungal glucosylceramide protects mice against lethal Cryptococcus neoformans infection.

Rodrigues ML, Shi L, Barreto-Bergter E, Nimrichter L, Farias SE, Rodrigues EG, Travassos LR, Nosanchuk JD.

Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2007 Oct;14(10):1372-6. Epub 2007 Aug 22.PMID: 17715331 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Lipase 8 affects the pathogenesis of Candida albicans.

Gácser A, Stehr F, Kröger C, Kredics L, Schäfer W, Nosanchuk JD.

Infect Immun. 2007 Oct;75(10):4710-8. Epub 2007 Jul 23.PMID: 17646357 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Immunoglobulins G, M, and A against Sporothrix schenckii exoantigens in patients with sporotrichosis before and during treatment with itraconazole.

Almeida-Paes R, Pimenta MA, Monteiro PC, Nosanchuk JD, Zancopé-Oliveira RM.

Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2007 Sep;14(9):1149-57. Epub 2007 Jul 18.PMID: 17634504 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Ionizing radiation changes the electronic properties of melanin and enhances the growth of melanized fungi.

Dadachova E, Bryan RA, Huang X, Moadel T, Schweitzer AD, Aisen P, Nosanchuk JD, Casadevall A.

PLoS One. 2007 May 23;2(5):e457.PMID: 17520016 [PubMed]Related articlesFree article

Virulence of Candida parapsilosis, Candida orthopsilosis, and Candida metapsilosis in reconstituted human tissue models.

Gácser A, Schäfer W, Nosanchuk JS, Salomon S, Nosanchuk JD.

Fungal Genet Biol. 2007 Dec;44(12):1336-41. Epub 2007 Feb 21.PMID: 17391997 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Use of mycelial-phase Sporothrix schenckii exoantigens in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for diagnosis of sporotrichosis by antibody detection.

Almeida-Paes R, Pimenta MA, Pizzini CV, Monteiro PC, Peralta JM, Nosanchuk JD, Zancopé-Oliveira RM.

Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2007 Mar;14(3):244-9. Epub 2007 Jan 10.PMID: 17215334 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Coccidioides posadasii produces melanin in vitro and during infection.

Nosanchuk JD, Yu JJ, Hung CY, Casadevall A, Cole GT.

Fungal Genet Biol. 2007 Jun;44(6):517-20. Epub 2006 Oct 30.PMID: 17074521 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Synthetic consolidants attacked by melanin-producing fungi: case study of the biodeterioration of Milan (Italy) cathedral marble treated with acrylics.

Cappitelli F, Nosanchuk JD, Casadevall A, Toniolo L, Brusetti L, Florio S, Principi P, Borin S, Sorlini C.

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2007 Jan;73(1):271-7. Epub 2006 Oct 27.PMID: 17071788 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Impact of melanin on microbial virulence and clinical resistance to antimicrobial compounds.

Nosanchuk JD, Casadevall A.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2006 Nov;50(11):3519-28. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 17065617 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Efficacy of voriconazole in experimental Cryptococcus neoformans infection.

Mavrogiorgos N, Zaragoza O, Casadevall A, Nosanchuk JD.

Mycopathologia. 2006 Aug;162(2):111-4.PMID: 16897589 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effects of disrupting the polyketide synthase gene WdPKS1 in Wangiella [Exophiala] dermatitidis on melanin production and resistance to killing by antifungal compounds, enzymatic degradation, and extremes in temperature.

Paolo WF Jr, Dadachova E, Mandal P, Casadevall A, Szaniszlo PJ, Nosanchuk JD.

BMC Microbiol. 2006 Jun 19;6:55.PMID: 16784529 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Radiolabeled melanin-binding peptides are safe and effective in treatment of human pigmented melanoma in a mouse model of disease.

Dadachova E, Moadel T, Schweitzer AD, Bryan RA, Zhang T, Mints L, Revskaya E, Huang X, Ortiz G, Nosanchuk JS, Nosanchuk JD, Casadevall A.

Cancer Biother Radiopharm. 2006 Apr;21(2):117-29.PMID: 16706632 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Adrenal infections.

Paolo WF Jr, Nosanchuk JD.

Int J Infect Dis. 2006 Sep;10(5):343-53. Epub 2006 Feb 17. Review.PMID: 16483815 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Comparative analysis of Cryptococcus neoformans acid-resistant particles generated from pigmented cells grown in different laccase substrates.

Garcia-Rivera J, Eisenman HC, Nosanchuk JD, Aisen P, Zaragoza O, Moadel T, Dadachova E, Casadevall A.

Fungal Genet Biol. 2005 Dec;42(12):989-98. Epub 2005 Nov 11.PMID: 16289955 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Melanin in the dimorphic fungal pathogen Paracoccidioides brasiliensis: effects on phagocytosis, intracellular resistance and drug susceptibility.

da Silva MB, Marques AF, Nosanchuk JD, Casadevall A, Travassos LR, Taborda CP.

Microbes Infect. 2006 Jan;8(1):197-205. Epub 2005 Sep 12.PMID: 16213179 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effect of amphotericin B on capsule and cell size in Cryptococcus neoformans during murine infection.

Zaragoza O, Mihu C, Casadevall A, Nosanchuk JD.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2005 Oct;49(10):4358-61.PMID: 16189121 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Dual infections with pigmented and albino strains of Cryptococcus neoformans in patients with or without human immunodeficiency virus infection in India.

Mandal P, Banerjee U, Casadevall A, Nosanchuk JD.

J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Sep;43(9):4766-72.PMID: 16145139 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Synthesis of melanin pigment by Candida albicans in vitro and during infection.

Morris-Jones R, Gomez BL, Diez S, Uran M, Morris-Jones SD, Casadevall A, Nosanchuk JD, Hamilton AJ.

Infect Immun. 2005 Sep;73(9):6147-50.PMID: 16113337 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Protective antibodies and endemic dimorphic fungi.

Nosanchuk JD.

Curr Mol Med. 2005 Jun;5(4):435-42. Review.PMID: 15977999 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Melanization of Cryptococcus neoformans affects lung inflammatory responses during cryptococcal infection.

Mednick AJ, Nosanchuk JD, Casadevall A.

Infect Immun. 2005 Apr;73(4):2012-9.PMID: 15784542 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Microstructure of cell wall-associated melanin in the human pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans.

Eisenman HC, Nosanchuk JD, Webber JB, Emerson RJ, Camesano TA, Casadevall A.

Biochemistry. 2005 Mar 15;44(10):3683-93.PMID: 15751945 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Investigation of fungal deterioration of synthetic paint binders using vibrational spectroscopic techniques.

Cappitelli F, Vicini S, Piaggio P, Abbruscato P, Princi E, Casadevall A, Nosanchuk JD, Zanardini E.

Macromol Biosci. 2005 Jan 14;5(1):49-57.PMID: 15635715 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles