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The role of Candida albicans' plasma membrane sphingolipids in the potentially new mechanism of drug resistance and in the inflammatory response

2021/43/B/NZ1/00523

Keywords:

Candida albicans sphingolipids ergosterol drug resistance inflammatory response

Descriptors:

  • NZ1_010:
  • NZ1_001:
  • NZ1_011:

Panel:

NZ1 - Molecular biology, structural biology, biotechnology: molecular biology, structural biology, biotechnology

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Wrocławski, Wydział Biotechnologii

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr hab. Anna Janina Krasowska 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 6

Call: OPUS 22 - announced on 2021-09-15

Amount awarded: 1 628 700 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2022-07-21

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2026-07-20

Project duration:: 48 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Pending project

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (2)
  1. Alterations in the level of ergosterol in Candida albicans' plasma membrane correspond with changes in virulence and result in triggering diversed inflammatory response
    Authors:
    Derkacz D. and Krasowska A
    Academic press:
    International Journal of Molecular Sciences (rok: 2023, tom: 24, strony: 3966-3982), Wydawca: MDPI
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/ijms24043966 - link to the publication
  2. The Role of Ergosterol and Sphingolipids in the Localization and Activity of Candida albicans' Multidrug Transporter Cdr1p and Plasma Membrane ATPase Pma1p
    Authors:
    Urbanek Aneta, Muraszko Jakub, Derkacz Daria, Łukaszewicz Marcin, Bernat Przemysław, Krasowska Anna
    Academic press:
    International Journal of Molecular Sciences (rok: 2022, tom: 23, strony: 9975 - 9992), Wydawca: MDPI
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/ijms23179975 - link to the publication