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List of works by Susana Frases

A Predicted Mannoprotein Participates in Cryptococcus gattii Capsular Structure.

scientific article published on 25 April 2018

A role for LHC1 in higher order structure and complement binding of the Cryptococcus neoformans capsule

scientific article (publication date: May 2014)

Agglutination of Histoplasma capsulatum by IgG monoclonal antibodies against Hsp60 impacts macrophage effector functions

scientific article

Antibody binding to Cryptococcus neoformans impairs budding by altering capsular mechanical properties

scientific article

Atorvastatin as a promising anticryptococcal agent

scientific article published on 24 April 2017

Bacillus anthracis produces membrane-derived vesicles containing biologically active toxins.

scientific article

Binding of the wheat germ lectin to Cryptococcus neoformans chitooligomers affects multiple mechanisms required for fungal pathogenesis

scientific article

Biofilm Formation by Pseudallescheria/Scedosporium Species: A Comparative Study

scientific article

Biogenesis of extracellular vesicles in yeast: Many questions with few answers.

scientific article published on November 2010

Biophysical methods for the study of microbial surfaces

scientific article published on 10 October 2011

Biosynthesis and functions of a melanoid pigment produced by species of the sporothrix complex in the presence of L-tyrosine

scientific article published on 5 October 2012

Capsule enlargement in Cryptococcus neoformans confers resistance to oxidative stress suggesting a mechanism for intracellular survival

scientific article published on 28 June 2008

Capsule of Cryptococcus neoformans grows by enlargement of polysaccharide molecules

scholarly article

Capsules from pathogenic and non-pathogenic Cryptococcus spp. manifest significant differences in structure and ability to protect against phagocytic cells

scientific article

Characterization of the antifungal functions of a WGA-Fc (IgG2a) fusion protein binding to cell wall chitin oligomers

scientific article published on 22 September 2017

Characterization of yeast extracellular vesicles: evidence for the participation of different pathways of cellular traffic in vesicle biogenesis

scientific article

Compositional and immunobiological analyses of extracellular vesicles released by Candida albicans

scientific article published on 22 November 2014

Comprehensive analysis of the cellulolytic system reveals its potential for deconstruction of lignocellulosic biomass in a novel Streptomyces sp.

scientific article published on 4 October 2016

Cryptococcus neoformans can utilize the bacterial melanin precursor homogentisic acid for fungal melanogenesis

scientific article published on 10 November 2006

Cryptococcus neoformans capsular polysaccharide and exopolysaccharide fractions manifest physical, chemical, and antigenic differences

scientific article published on 21 December 2007

Cryptococcus neoformans capsular polysaccharides form branched and complex filamentous networks viewed by high-resolution microscopy

scientific article

Cryptococcus neoformans cryoultramicrotomy and vesicle fractionation reveals an intimate association between membrane lipids and glucuronoxylomannan

scientific article published on 10 September 2009

Cryptococcus neoformans glucuronoxylomannan fractions of different molecular masses are functionally distinct

scientific article

Cryptococcus neoformans laccase catalyses melanin synthesis from both D- and L-DOPA.

scientific article published in December 2007

Cryptococcus neoformans responds to mannitol by increasing capsule size in vitro and in vivo.

scientific article

Effect of cell geometry in the evaluation of erythrocyte viscoelastic properties

scientific article published on 01 June 2020

Effects of microplusin, a copper-chelating antimicrobial peptide, against Cryptococcus neoformans

scientific article published on 12 September 2011

Endocytosis and Exocytosis in Leishmania amazonensis Are Modulated by Bromoenol Lactone

scientific article published on 07 February 2020

Enhanced virulence of Histoplasma capsulatum through transfer and surface incorporation of glycans from Cryptococcus neoformans during co-infection

scientific article published on 24 February 2016

Erratum for Mor et al., "Identification of a New Class of Antifungals Targeting the Synthesis of Fungal Sphingolipids".

scientific article published on 13 March 2018

Evidence for branching in cryptococcal capsular polysaccharides and consequences on its biological activity.

scientific article

Fluconazole alters the polysaccharide capsule of Cryptococcus gattii and leads to distinct behaviors in murine Cryptococcosis

scientific article

Following fungal melanin biosynthesis with solid-state NMR: biopolymer molecular structures and possible connections to cell-wall polysaccharides

scientific article published on 28 March 2008

Galactoxylomannan-mediated immunological paralysis results from specific B cell depletion in the context of widespread immune system damage

scientific article published on 14 August 2009

Galactoxylomannans from Cryptococcus neoformans varieties neoformans and grubii are structurally and antigenically variable

scientific article

Genotypic and Phenotypic Diversity of Cryptococcus gattii VGII Clinical Isolates and Its Impact on Virulence

scientific article published on 6 February 2018

Geometrical Distribution of Cryptococcus neoformans Mediates Flower-Like Biofilm Development

scientific article published on 19 December 2017

Glucuronoxylomannan and Sterylglucoside Are Required for Host Protection in an Animal Vaccination Model

scientific article published on 02 April 2019

Growth and pigment production on D-tryptophan medium by Cryptococcus gattii, Cryptococcus neoformans, and Candida albicans

scientific article published on 7 November 2007

Growth conditions influence melanization of Brazilian clinical Sporothrix schenckii isolates

scientific article published on 27 March 2009

Hypervirulence and cross-resistance to a clinical antifungal are induced by an environmental fungicide in Cryptococcus gattii

scientific article published on 12 June 2020

Identification of a New Class of Antifungals Targeting the Synthesis of Fungal Sphingolipids

scientific article published on 23 June 2015

Immunomodulatory effects of serotype B glucuronoxylomannan from Cryptococcus gattii correlate with polysaccharide diameter

scientific article published on 14 June 2010

Induction by Klebsiella aerogenes of a melanin-like pigment in Cryptococcus neoformans

scientific article published on February 2006

Interaction with Pantoea agglomerans Modulates Growth and Melanization of Sporothrix brasiliensis and Sporothrix schenckii.

scientific article published on 18 June 2019

Lack of chitin synthase genes impacts capsular architecture and cellular physiology in Cryptococcus neoformans

scientific article published on 12 June 2018

Lipophilic dye staining of Cryptococcus neoformans extracellular vesicles and capsule

scientific article published on 22 May 2009

Melanin-covered nanoparticles for protection of bone marrow during radiation therapy of cancer

scientific article

Membrane Elastic Properties During Neural Precursor Cell Differentiation

scientific article published on 26 May 2020

Methamphetamine alters blood brain barrier protein expression in mice, facilitating central nervous system infection by neurotropic Cryptococcus neoformans

scientific article published on 26 March 2013

Methamphetamine enhances Cryptococcus neoformans pulmonary infection and dissemination to the brain

scientific article published on 30 July 2013

Monoclonal antibodies to heat shock protein 60 alter the pathogenesis of Histoplasma capsulatum.

scientific article published on 29 January 2009

Networks of fibers and factors: regulation of capsule formation in Cryptococcus neoformans

scientific article

Phosphorus-rich structures and capsular architecture in Cryptococcus neoformans

scientific article published on 20 February 2017

Prevalence of opportunistic invasive aspergillosis in COVID-19 patients with severe pneumonia

scientific article published on 20 November 2020

Pyomelanin production: a rare phenotype in Acinetobacter baumannii

scientific article published on 22 October 2013

Rheological properties of cells measured by optical tweezers.

scientific article

Rheological properties of cryptococcal polysaccharide change with fiber size, antibody binding and temperature

scientific article published on 25 July 2019

Role for chitin and chitooligomers in the capsular architecture of Cryptococcus neoformans

scientific article published on 17 July 2009

Role of the Apt1 protein in polysaccharide secretion by Cryptococcus neoformans

scientific article

Sec6-dependent sorting of fungal extracellular exosomes and laccase of Cryptococcus neoformans

scientific article published on 5 February 2008

Self-aggregation of Cryptococcus neoformans capsular glucuronoxylomannan is dependent on divalent cations

scientific article

Structural and functional properties of the Trichosporon asahii glucuronoxylomannan

scientific article published on 12 March 2009

Surface, adhesiveness and virulence aspects of Candida haemulonii species complex

scientific article published on 27 January 2020

Systemic mycoses: a potential alert for complications in COVID-19 patients

scientific article published on 01 September 2020

The Cryptococcus neoformans capsule: lessons from the use of optical tweezers and other biophysical tools

scientific article

The capsule of the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

scientific article published on January 2009

The elastic properties of the Cryptococcus neoformans capsule

scientific article published on August 2009

The environmental yeast Cryptococcus liquefaciens produces capsular and secreted polysaccharides with similar pathogenic properties to those of C. neoformans

scientific article published on 25 April 2017

The hidden pathogenic potential of environmental fungi

scientific article

The mechanical properties of microbial surfaces and biofilms

scientific article published on 05 August 2019

The still obscure attributes of cryptococcal glucuronoxylomannan

scientific article published in December 2009

The use of chitosan to damage Cryptococcus neoformans biofilms

scientific article published on 09 October 2009

The vacuolar-sorting protein Snf7 is required for export of virulence determinants in members of the Cryptococcus neoformans complex

scientific article

Trypanosoma cruzi epimastigotes store cholesteryl esters in lipid droplets after cholesterol endocytosis

scientific article published on 19 July 2018

Using solid-state NMR to monitor the molecular consequences of Cryptococcus neoformans melanization with different catecholamine precursors

scientific article

Vesicle-associated melanization in Cryptococcus neoformans

scientific article

Vesicular polysaccharide export in Cryptococcus neoformans is a eukaryotic solution to the problem of fungal trans-cell wall transport

scientific article published on 17 November 2006

Vesicular transport in Histoplasma capsulatum: an effective mechanism for trans-cell wall transfer of proteins and lipids in ascomycetes

scientific article published on 17 April 2008