Fernandes J, Hamidi F, Leborgne R, et al. Penetration of the human pulmonary epithelium by aspergillus fumigatus hyphae. J Infect Dis 2018;218:1306-1313. Crossref ...

An invisible intruder puts the delicate balance in our lungs to the test: the mold Aspergillus fumigatus, harmless in nature, can become a serious danger if the immune system is weakened—and ...

How can the common fungus that appears everywhere – otherwise known as Aspergillus fumigatus – weaken the immune system’s defenses and be life-threatening for those who are immunosuppressed?. What is ...

Project 4: Role of Chitin and Aspergillus fumigatus in chronic airway disease In the last 25 years, asthma and autoimmune diseases have increased in the industrialized world. The “hygiene hypothesis” ...

When the spore germinates, it produces hyphae or branches. Mold can be colorless or take on white, gray, brown, ... The most harmful fungus to health is Aspergillus (Aspergillus fumigatus).

Infection-causing fungi responsible for millions of deaths a year will spread significantly to new regions as the planet heats up, new research predicts —and the world is not prepared.

Aspergillus species are ubiquitous in the air, soil, and organic matter. 4 Invasive disease, most commonly due to A. fumigatus, is rare among immunocompetent hosts. 5,6 The organism typically ...

But in Aspergillus fumigatus, we detected up to 30 crossovers. That's the highest number ever found in an organism." Complete reshuffle after a single act of reproduction.

More information: T.N.M. Hoang et al, Invasive aspergillosis-on-chip: A quantitative treatment study of human Aspergillus fumigatus infection, Biomaterials (2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2022 ...