Knowing more about what triggers the choice could allow us to modulate it in the future. If you can reduce Candida albicans’ ability to generate the filamentous form, maybe you can make it less ...

Learn about candida parapsilosis and who is at risk for this fungal infection. Find out why it is dangerous and how it is treated. ... The most common type is Candida albicans.

Yifan Wu et al. Toll-like receptor 4 and CD11b expressed on microglia coordinate eradication of Candida albicans cerebral mycosis. Cell Reports, 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113240; ...

Thrush is a common yeast infection caused by an overgrowth of Candida albicans fungus. Candida lives in the body and on the surface of the skin, usually without issue. However, when it multiplies ...

Working with animal models, researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions discovered how the fungus Candida albicans enters the brain, activates two separate mechanisms in ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — You might call Candida albicans a shape-shifter: As this fungus grows, it can multiply as single, oval-shaped cells called yeast or propagate in an elongated form called hypha, ...

A protein called Sir2 may facilitate C. albicans' transition from ovoid yeast to thread-like hypha. C. albicans cells that were missing the Sir2 gene were less likely to form true hyphae in lab ...