Kurzai, Oliver

Tracing the evolutionary history and global expansion of Candida auris using population genomic analyses

Chow, N. A., Muñoz, J. F., Gade, L., Berkow, E., Li, X., Welsh, R. M., Forsberg, K., Lockhart, S. R., Adam, R., Alanio, A., et al. (2020) · mBio

Antifungal resistance and susceptibilityYeasts and Rust Fungi Studies

Cited by 463

The Aspergillus fumigatus Transcriptional Regulator AfYap1 Represents the Major Regulator for Defense against Reactive Oxygen Intermediates but Is Dispensable for Pathogenicity in an Intranasal Mouse Infection Model

Lessing, F., Kniemeyer, O., Wozniok, I., Loeffler, J., Kurzai, O., Haertl, A., & Brakhage, A. A. (2007) · Eukaryotic Cell

Fungal and yeast genetics researchAntifungal resistance and susceptibility

Cited by 221

Human NK Cells Display Important Antifungal Activity against Aspergillus fumigatus, Which Is Directly Mediated by IFN-γ Release

Bouzani, M., Ok, M., McCormick, A., Ebel, F., Kurzai, O., Morton, C. O., Einsele, H., & Loeffler, J. (2011) · The Journal of Immunology

Immune Cell Function and InteractionAntifungal resistance and susceptibility

Cited by 127

Azole-induced cell wall carbohydrate patches kill Aspergillus fumigatus

Geißel, B., Loiko, V., Klugherz, I., Zhu, Z., Wagener, N., Kurzai, O., van den Hondel, C. A. M. J. J., & Wagener, J. (2018) · Nature Communications

Antifungal resistance and susceptibilityFungal and yeast genetics research

Cited by 103

The Candida albicans-Specific Gene EED1 Encodes a Key Regulator of Hyphal Extension

Martin, R., Moran, G. P., Jacobsen, I. D., Heyken, A., Domey, J., Sullivan, D. J., Kurzai, O., & Hube, B. (2011) · PLoS ONE

Fungal and yeast genetics researchAntifungal resistance and susceptibility

Cited by 85

Molecular mechanisms of acquired antifungal drug resistance in principal fungal pathogens and EUCAST guidance for their laboratory detection and clinical implications

Rogers, T. R., Verweij, P. E., Castanheira, M., Dannaoui, E., White, P. L., Arendrup, M. C., Subcommittee on Antifungal Susceptibility Testing (AFST) of the ESCMID European Committee for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST), Arendrup, M. C., Arikan-Akdagli, S., Barchiesi, F., et al. (2022) · Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Antifungal resistance and susceptibilityFungal Plant Pathogen Control

Cited by 82

In vivo imaging of disseminated murine Candida albicans infection reveals unexpected host sites of fungal persistence during antifungal therapy

Jacobsen, I. D., Lüttich, A., Kurzai, O., Hube, B., & Brock, M. (2014) · Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Antifungal resistance and susceptibilityFungal Infections and Studies

Cited by 73

Proteome Analysis Reveals the Conidial Surface Protein CcpA Essential for Virulence of the Pathogenic Fungus Aspergillus fumigatus

Voltersen, V., Blango, M. G., Herrmann, S., Schmidt, F., Heinekamp, T., Strassburger, M., Krüger, T., Bacher, P., Lother, J., Weiss, E., et al. (2018) · mBio

Antifungal resistance and susceptibilityFungal and yeast genetics research

Cited by 71

Neutrophil activation by C andida glabrata but not C andida albicans promotes fungal uptake by monocytes: C. albicans , C. glabrata and neutrophils

Duggan, S., Essig, F., Hünniger, K., Mokhtari, Z., Bauer, L., Lehnert, T., Brandes, S., Häder, A., Jacobsen, I. D., Martin, R., et al. (2015) · Cellular Microbiology

Antifungal resistance and susceptibilityNeutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms

Cited by 60

Carbonic anhydrase regulation and CO2 sensing in the fungal pathogen Candida glabrata involves a novel Rca1p ortholog

Cottier, F., Leewattanapasuk, W., Kemp, L. R., Murphy, M., Supuran, C. T., Kurzai, O., & Mühlschlegel, F. A. (2013) · Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry

Enzyme function and inhibitionFungal and yeast genetics research

Cited by 59

The bZIP Transcription Factor Rca1p Is a Central Regulator of a Novel CO2 Sensing Pathway in Yeast

Cottier, F., Raymond, M., Kurzai, O., Bolstad, M., Leewattanapasuk, W., Jiménez-López, C., Lorenz, M. C., Sanglard, D., Váchová, L., Pavelka, N., et al. (2012) · PLoS Pathogens

Fungal and yeast genetics researchEnzyme function and inhibition

Cited by 55

The Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-Anchored Protease Sap9 Modulates the Interaction of Candida albicans with Human Neutrophils

Hornbach, A., Heyken, A., Schild, L., Hube, B., Löffler, J., & Kurzai, O. (2009) · Infection and Immunity

Antifungal resistance and susceptibilityFungal and yeast genetics research

Cited by 47

A GAS-like gene family in the pathogenic fungus Candida glabrata The EMBL accession numbers for the sequences reported in this paper are AJ302061 for CgGAS1, AJ302062 for CgGAS2 and AJ302063 for CgGAS3.

Weig, M., Haynes, K., Rogers, T. R., Kurzai, O., Frosch, M., & Mühlschlegel, F. A. (2001) · Microbiology

Fungal and yeast genetics researchAntifungal resistance and susceptibility

Cited by 46

Hypoxia-inducible factor 1α modulates metabolic activity and cytokine release in anti- Aspergillus fumigatus immune responses initiated by human dendritic cells

Fliesser, M., Morton, C. O., Bonin, M., Ebel, F., Hünniger, K., Kurzai, O., Einsele, H., & Löffler, J. (2015) · International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Antifungal resistance and susceptibilityFungal and yeast genetics research

Cited by 38

Transient mitochondria dysfunction confers fungal cross-resistance against phagocytic killing and fluconazole

Siscar-Lewin, S., Gabaldón, T., Aldejohann, A. M., Kurzai, O., Hube, B., & Brunke, S. (2021) · mBio

Antifungal resistance and susceptibilityFungal and yeast genetics research

Cited by 36

Comparative Genomics of Serial Candida glabrata Isolates and the Rapid Acquisition of Echinocandin Resistance during Therapy

Barber, A. E., Weber, M., Kaerger, K., Linde, J., Gölz, H., Duerschmied, D., Markert, A., Guthke, R., Walther, G., & Kurzai, O. (2019) · Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Antifungal resistance and susceptibilityFungal and yeast genetics research

Cited by 32

Human neutrophils dump Candida glabrata after intracellular killing

Essig, F., Hünniger, K., Dietrich, S., Figge, M. T., & Kurzai, O. (2015) · Fungal Genetics and Biology

Antifungal resistance and susceptibilityNeutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms

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