Daniel F Q Smith

TL;DR: These findings demonstrate that L. monocytogenes uses EVs for toxin release and implicate these structures in mammalian cytotoxicity, and show that dynamic lipid structures are released from L.monocyTogenes during infection.

TL;DR: Melanin allows fungi to neutralize the microbicidal oxidative bursts of the authors' innate immune system, bind and inactivate to antimicrobial peptides and enzymes, sequester antifungal pharmaceuticals, and create a shield to block immune recognition of the fungus.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors demonstrate that glyphosate has deleterious effects on insect health in two evolutionary distant species, Galleria mellonella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) and Anopheles gambiae (Diptera: Culicidae), suggesting a broad effect in insects.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide comprehensive comparisons between fungal pathogenesis in mammals and G. mellonella from immunological and virulence perspectives, including findings from other well-studied Lepidoptera.

TL;DR: In this article, the use of a glycan microarray allowed epitope mapping of several monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against the capsule of Cryptococcus neoformans from this, which were used to discover antibodies with innate glycosidase activity and analyze their enzyme kinetics.