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List of works by Melanie T. Cushion

Analogs of pentamidine as potential anti-Pneumocystis chemotherapeutics

scientific article published on 13 December 2011

Analysis of Pneumocystis carinii cyst wall. I. Evidence for an outer surface membrane

scientific article published in September 1990

Analysis of Pneumocystis carinii cyst wall. II. Sugar composition.

scientific article published in September 1990

Analysis of current antifungal agents and their targets within the Pneumocystis carinii genome.

scientific article

Anti-Pneumocystis carinii and antiplasmodial activities of primaquine-derived imidazolidin-4-ones

scientific article published on 3 December 2007

Anti-human immunodeficiency virus drugs are ineffective against Pneumocystis carinii in vitro and in vivo

scientific article published on 28 September 2001

Antitumor and Anti-Pneumocystis Carinii Activities of Novel Bisbenzamidines

Are Members of the Fungal Genus Pneumocystis (a) Commensals; (b) Opportunists; (c) Pathogens; or (d) All of the Above?

scientific article published on September 23, 2010

Ash, L. R. & Orihel, T. C.1990.Atlas of Human Parasitology, 3rd ed.American Society of Clinical Pathologists, Chicago. ISBN 0-89189-292-3 (hardcover). 272 pp. £118.00

scholarly article published by Melanie T. Cushion in 1992

Assembly and Annotation of Pneumocystis jirovecii from the Human Lung Microbiome

scientific article published on April 16, 2013

Biofilm formation by Pneumocystis spp

scientific article published on 26 September 2008

CAY-I, a fungicidal saponin from Capsicum sp. fruit.

scientific article published in April 2002

Cdc42 and RhoB activation are required for mannose receptor-mediated phagocytosis by human alveolar macrophages

scientific article

Cellular and molecular biology of Pneumocystis carinii

scientific article published on January 1991

Chloroquine Analogues as Leads against Pneumocystis Lung Pathogens

scientific article published on 24 October 2018

Comparative genomics of Pneumocystis carinii with other protists: implications for life style

scientific article published on January 2004

Comparative genomics of pneumocystis species suggests the absence of genes for myo-inositol synthesis and reliance on inositol transport and metabolism

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Competitive coexistence of two Pneumocystis species

scientific article published on 09 June 2005

Diversity and Complexity of the Large Surface Protein Family in the Compacted Genomes of Multiple Pneumocystis Species

scientific article published on 03 March 2020

Diversity at the locus associated with transcription of a variable surface antigen of Pneumocystis carinii as an index of population structure and dynamics in infected rats

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Draft Assembly and Annotation of the Pneumocystis carinii Genome

scientific article published on 01 January 2006

Early acquisition of Pneumocystis carinii in neonatal rats as evidenced by PCR and oral swabs

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Echinocandin treatment of pneumocystis pneumonia in rodent models depletes cysts leaving trophic burdens that cannot transmit the infection

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Effects of atovaquone and diospyrin-based drugs on the cellular ATP of Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. carinii

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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 multiple sterol methyl transferase pathways in Pneumocystis carinii.

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Expression Profiling of the Responses of Pneumocystis carinii to Drug Treatment Using DNA Macroarrays

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Fine analysis of the Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. carinii genome by two-dimensional pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

scientific article published on 01 June 2002

Functional Characterization of Pneumocystis carinii Inositol Transporter 1.

scientific article published on 13 December 2016

Functional characterization and localization of Pneumocystis carinii lanosterol synthase

scientific article

Gene Expression of Pneumocystis murina after Treatment with Anidulafungin Results in Strong Signals for Sexual Reproduction, Cell Wall Integrity, and Cell Cycle Arrest, Indicating a Requirement for Asci Formation for Proliferation

scientific article published on 20 February 2018

Gene arrays at Pneumocystis carinii telomeres

scientific article published on 18 June 2005

Generation of sequencing libraries for the Pneumocystis Genome project

scientific article published in January 2003

Genomic insights into the host specific adaptation of the Pneumocystis genus

scientific article published on 08 March 2021

Has the Name Really Been Changed? It Has for Most Researchers

scientific article published on 04 November 2005

Highlights and summaries of the 11th International Workshops on Opportunistic Protists.

scientific article published on 3 December 2010

Highly active anti-Pneumocystis carinii compounds in a library of novel piperazine-linked bisbenzamidines and related compounds

scientific article published in November 2004

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

scientific article published on 23 June 2015

Imidazoquines as antimalarial and antipneumocystis agents

scientific article published on December 2009

In vitro and in vivo effects of quinupristin-dalfopristin against Pneumocystis carinii

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In vitro selection and in vivo efficacy of piperazine- and alkanediamide-linked bisbenzamidines against Pneumocystis pneumonia in mice

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Inhibitors of sterol biosynthesis and amphotericin B reduce the viability of pneumocystis carinii f. sp. carinii

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Is sex necessary for the proliferation and transmission of Pneumocystis?

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Large-scale characterization of introns in the Pneumocystis carinii genome

scientific article published in January 2006

Microaerophilic Conditions Increase Viability and Affect Responses of Pneumocystis carinii to Drugs In Vitro

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Misinformation about Pneumocystis.

scientific article published on 25 June 2009

Molecular genetic distinction of Pneumocystis carinii from rats and humans.

scientific article published on November 1993

Negative regulatory role of mannose receptors on human alveolar macrophage proinflammatory cytokine release in vitro

scientific article published on 6 July 2005

Novel bisbenzamidines as potential drug candidates for the treatment of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia

scientific article published in September 2004

Novel bisbenzimidazoles with antileishmanial effectiveness

scientific article

PRIMACENES: novel non-cytotoxic primaquine-ferrocene conjugates with anti-Pneumocystis carinii activity

Parallel solution-phase synthesis of conformationally restricted congeners of pentamidine and evaluation of their antiplasmodial activities

scientific article published on May 2004

Phylogenomic analyses support the monophyly of Taphrinomycotina, including Schizosaccharomyces fission yeasts

scientific article published on 14 October 2008

Pneumocystis 2006: summary of the research presented at the ninth International Workshop on Opportunistic Protists

scientific article published on January 2006

Pneumocystis Delanoë & Delanoë (1912)

Pneumocystis activates human alveolar macrophage NF-kappaB signaling through mannose receptors

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Pneumocystis and Trypanosoma cruzi: nomenclature and typifications

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Pneumocystis carinii: Sequence from ribosomal RNA implies a close relationship with fungi

scientific article published on 01 May 1989

Pneumocystis carinii: surface reactive carbohydrates detected by lectin probes

scientific article published in December 1988

Pneumocystis murina MSG gene family and the structure of the locus associated with its transcription

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Pneumocystis workshop: 10th anniversary summary

scientific article published on 23 January 2009

Pneumocystis-mediated IL-8 release by macrophages requires coexpression of mannose receptors and TLR2

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Pneumocystis: not just pneumonia

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Pneumocystis: unraveling the cloak of obscurity

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Preclinical drug discovery for new anti-pneumocystis compounds

scientific article published on January 2009

Reliability of calcein acetoxy methyl ester and ethidium homodimer or propidium iodide for viability assessment of microbes

article published in 1993

Reply to Nevez et al., "The Fascinating Echinocandin-Treated Mouse Model of Pneumocystis murina To Understand Pneumocystis jirovecii"

scholarly article by Melanie T. Cushion published August 2018 in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Sequence and structure of the linear mitochondrial genome of Pneumocystis carinii

scientific article published on 17 November 2009

Sequence of the Mitochondrial Genome of Pneumocystis carinii: Implications for Biological Function and Identification of Potential Drug Targets

scientific article published on 01 January 2006

Stealth and opportunism: alternative lifestyles of species in the fungal genus Pneumocystis

scientific article published on January 2010

Sterol biosynthesis and sterol uptake in the fungal pathogen Pneumocystis carinii

scientific article published on October 2010

Susceptibility of Pneumocystis to echinocandins in suspension and biofilm cultures

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Synthesis and SAR of alkanediamide-linked bisbenzamidines with anti-trypanosomal and anti-pneumocystis activity

scientific article published on 23 August 2009

The 12th International Workshops on Opportunistic Protists (IWOP-12).

scientific article published on 05 April 2013

The 13th International Workshops on Opportunistic Protists (IWOP13)

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The 14th International Workshops on Opportunistic Protists (IWOP 14).

scientific article published on 3 May 2018

The Celecoxib Derivative AR-12 Has Broad-Spectrum Antifungal Activity In Vitro and Improves the Activity of Fluconazole in a Murine Model of Cryptococcosis

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The International Workshops on Opportunistic Protists

scientific article published on 01 January 2006

The challenge of Pneumocystis carinii culture.

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The genome of Pneumocystis carinii

scientific article published on 01 September 1998

The state of research for AIDS-associated opportunistic infections and the importance of sustaining smaller research communities

scientific article published on 9 December 2011

Therapeutic potential of caspofungin combined with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole for pneumocystis pneumonia: a pilot study in mice

scientific article (publication date: 2013)

Time between inoculations and karyotype forms of Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. Carinii influence outcome of experimental coinfections in rats

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Transcriptome of Pneumocystis carinii during fulminate infection: carbohydrate metabolism and the concept of a compatible parasite

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V. Genetic heterogeneity of rat-derivedPneumocystis

scientific article published on September 1, 1998

Widespread occurrence of Pneumocystis carinii in commercial rat colonies detected using targeted PCR and oral swabs

scientific article published on October 2001