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The Multifunctional Fungal Ergosterol
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The roles of ergosterol in the regulation of membrane fluidity and structure, as well its role as a target for the activity of antifungals, have been known for decades. Two recent studies, however, demonstrated that ergosterol is an immunologically active lipid that induces pyroptosis and that virtually all steps of its biosynthetic process are potential drug targets.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Rodrigues, M. L.
- Affiliations
- Instituto Carlos Chagas, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), Curitiba, Brazil
- ORCID
- Rodrigues, Marcio L.
- Venue
- mBio
- Publisher
- American Society for Microbiology
- Published
- 2018-11-07
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 5
- ISSN
- 2150-7511 (ISSN-L)
- 2161-2129
- PMC
- PMC6143734
- OpenAlex
- W2890570825
- Cited by
- 275
- References
- 20
- Citations by year
- 2026: 36 · 2025: 58 · 2024: 40 · 2023: 42 · 2022: 32 · 2021: 32 · 2020: 26 · 2019: 9
- FWCI
- 12.65
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- mBio (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Arca - Repositório Institucional da Fiocruz (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- MCTI | Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (443586/2014-4)
- Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (E-26/202.997/2015)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › Antifungal resistance and susceptibility
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Fungal and yeast genetics research
- Keywords
- ergosterol, fungal cell membrane, membrane fluidity, antifungal drug targets, ergosterol biosynthesis, pyroptosis, fungal immunology
- MeSH terms
- Pyroptosis, Antifungal Agents, Candida albicans, Ergosterol, Macrophages, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, Saccharomyces cerevisiae
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