Candidalysins Are a New Family of Cytolytic Fungal Peptide Toxins
Journal article published in 2022 by
Jonathan P. Richardson 
,
Christophe d'Enfert,
Rhys Brown,
Nessim Kichik,
Sejeong Lee ,
Emily Priest,
Selene Mogavero ,
Corinne Maufrais,
Wickramasinghe Dn,
Don N. Wickramasinghe,
Antzela Tsavou,
Natalia K. Kotowicz,
Kotowicz Nk,
Olivia W. Hepworth,
Ana Gallego-Cortés
and other authors.
,
Christophe d'Enfert,
Rhys Brown,
Nessim Kichik,
Sejeong Lee ,
Emily Priest,
Selene Mogavero ,
Corinne Maufrais,
Wickramasinghe Dn,
Don N. Wickramasinghe,
Antzela Tsavou,
Natalia K. Kotowicz,
Kotowicz Nk,
Olivia W. Hepworth,
Ana Gallego-Cortés
and other authors.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
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Abstract
Pathogenic fungi kill an estimated 1.5 million people every year. Recently, we discovered that the fungal pathogen Candida albicans secretes a peptide toxin called candidalysin during mucosal infection.