Xue Wang

Unlocking the role of fungal peptide cytotoxin candidalysin in candidiasis and non-candidiasis diseases.

Candida albicans is a commonly encountered opportunistic fungus that can cause both superficial discomforts and life-threatening invasive fungal infections. Ever-increasing reports have shown that C. albicans is also readily implicated in a set of metabolic and autoimmune diseases. Yeast-to-hypha transition is a hallma...