Cryptococcus neoformans

"Cryptococcus neoformans" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A species of the fungus CRYPTOCOCCUS. Its teleomorph is Filobasidiella neoformans.

Descriptor ID	D003455
MeSH Number(s)	B01.300.381.258.366 B01.300.930.316.366
Concept/Terms	Cryptococcus neoformans Cryptococcus neoformans Cryptococcus neoforman neoformans, Cryptococcus Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii

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Organisms [B]
Eukaryota [B01]
Fungi [B01.300]
Mitosporic Fungi [B01.300.381]
Cryptococcus [B01.300.381.258]
Cryptococcus neoformans [B01.300.381.258.366]
Yeasts [B01.300.930]
Cryptococcus [B01.300.930.316]
Cryptococcus neoformans [B01.300.930.316.366]

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Cryptococcus neoformans" by people in this website by year, and whether "Cryptococcus neoformans" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 97 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 9 publications in 2005

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	2	0	2
1996	5	1	6
1997	6	0	6
1998	0	1	1
1999	1	0	1
2000	6	2	8
2001	5	0	5
2002	5	0	5
2003	1	0	1
2004	3	0	3
2005	8	1	9
2006	5	0	5
2007	2	1	3
2008	5	1	6
2009	2	2	4
2010	2	1	3
2011	3	0	3
2012	2	0	2
2014	4	0	4
2015	2	1	3
2016	1	0	1
2017	1	0	1
2018	3	0	3
2019	2	0	2
2020	0	1	1
2021	1	0	1
2022	1	0	1
2023	1	0	1
2024	4	1	5
2025	0	1	1

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Kwaku GN, Jensen KN, Simaku P, Floyd DJ, Saelens JW, Reardon CM, Ward RA, Basham KJ, Hepworth OW, Vyas TD, Zamith-Miranda D, Nosanchuk JD, Vyas JM, Brown Harding H. Extracellular vesicles from diverse fungal pathogens induce species-specific and endocytosis-dependent immunomodulation. PLoS Pathog. 2025 May; 21(5):e1012879.

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Specht CA, Wang R, Oliveira LVN, Hester MM, Gomez C, Mou Z, Carlson D, Lee CK, Hole CR, Lam WC, Upadhya R, Lodge JK, Levitz SM. Immunological correlates of protection mediated by a whole organism, Cryptococcus neoformans, vaccine deficient in chitosan. mBio. 2024 Aug 14; 15(8):e0174624.

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Wang R, Oliveira LVN, Hester MM, Carlson D, Christensen D, Specht CA, Levitz SM. Protection against experimental cryptococcosis elicited by Cationic Adjuvant Formulation 01-adjuvanted subunit vaccines. PLoS Pathog. 2024 Jul; 20(7):e1012220.

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Hester MM, Carlson D, Lodge JK, Levitz SM, Specht CA. Immune evasion by Cryptococcus gattii in vaccinated mice coinfected with C. neoformans. Front Immunol. 2024; 15:1356651.

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Maybruck BT, Upadhya R, Lam WC, Specht CA, Lodge JK. Fluorescence and Biochemical Assessment of the Chitin and Chitosan Content of Cryptococcus. Methods Mol Biol. 2024; 2775:329-347.

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Specht CA, Lam WC, Hester MM, Lourenco D, Levitz SM, Lodge JK, Upadhya R. Chitosan-Deficient Cryptococcus as Whole-Cell Vaccines. Methods Mol Biol. 2024; 2775:393-410.

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Sephton-Clark P, McConnell SA, Grossman N, Baker RP, Dragotakes Q, Fan Y, Fu MS, Gerbig G, Greengo S, Hardwick JM, Kulkarni M, Levitz SM, Nosanchuk JD, Shoham S, Smith DFQ, Stempinski P, Timp W, Wear MP, Cuomo CA, Casadevall A. Similar evolutionary trajectories in an environmental Cryptococcus neoformans isolate after human and murine infection. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023 01 10; 120(2):e2217111120.

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Hester MM, Oliveira LVN, Wang R, Mou Z, Lourenco D, Ostroff GR, Specht CA, Levitz SM. Cross-reactivity between vaccine antigens from the chitin deacetylase protein family improves survival in a mouse model of cryptococcosis. Front Immunol. 2022; 13:1015586.

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Specht CA, Homan EJ, Lee CK, Mou Z, Gomez CL, Hester MM, Abraham A, Rus F, Ostroff GR, Levitz SM. Protection of Mice against Experimental Cryptococcosis by Synthesized Peptides Delivered in Glucan Particles. mBio. 2021 02 22; 13(1):e0336721.

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Saucedo-Crespo H, Sakpal SV, Auvenshine C, Santella RN, Nazir J, Prouse B, Mehta T, Steers J. Early Cardiopulmonary Cryptococcus neoformans Infection After Liver Transplant: A Case Report. Transplant Proc. 2020 Nov; 52(9):2790-2794.

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