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Overview

Ashraf S. Ibrahim is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with a particular emphasis on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Pharmacology, Molecular Biology, and Immunology.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Antifungal resistance and susceptibility
  • Fungal Infections and Studies
  • Fungal Biology and Applications
  • Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment
  • Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities
  • Nail Diseases and Treatments
  • Infectious Diseases and Mycology

Some of their recent publications reflect these themes. Notable papers include:

  • "COVID-19-associated fungal infections," 2022, published in Nature Microbiology
  • "Adaptive immunity induces mutualism between commensal eukaryotes," 2021, published in Nature
  • "Fosmanogepix: A Review of the First-in-Class Broad Spectrum Agent for the Treatment of Invasive Fungal Infections," 2020, published in Journal of Fungi
  • "GRP78 and Integrins Play Different Roles in Host Cell Invasion during Mucormycosis," 2020, published in mBio
  • "Mucoricin is a ricin-like toxin that is critical for the pathogenesis of mucormycosis," 2021, published in Nature Microbiology

Their research has been published frequently in several venues, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
  • التصميم الدولية
  • Nature Communications

Ashraf S. Ibrahim has worked with multiple coauthors over their career. Frequent collaborators include Shakti Singh, Teclegiorgis Gebremariam, Sondus Alkhazraji, Yiyou Gu, and Scott G. Filler.

Best Publications

  • Global guideline for the diagnosis and management of mucormycosis: an initiative of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology in cooperation with the Mycoses Study Group Education and Research Consortium

    Oliver A. Cornely;Ana Alastruey-Izquierdo;Dorothee Arenz;Sharon C. A. Chen

  • Novel Perspectives on Mucormycosis: Pathophysiology, Presentation, and Management

    Brad Spellberg;Brad Spellberg;John Edwards;John Edwards;Ashraf Ibrahim;Ashraf Ibrahim

  • Pathogenesis of Mucormycosis

    Ashraf S. Ibrahim;Brad Spellberg;Thomas J. Walsh;Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis

  • Als3 Is a Candida albicans Invasin That Binds to Cadherins and Induces Endocytosis by Host Cells

    Quynh T Phan;Carter L Myers;Yue Fu;Yue Fu;Donald C Sheppard

  • Recent Advances in the Management of Mucormycosis: From Bench to Bedside

    Brad Spellberg;Thomas J. Walsh;Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis;J. John Edwards

  • COVID-19-associated fungal infections

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  • Combination polyene-caspofungin treatment of rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis.

    Caitlin Reed;Richard Bryant;Richard Bryant;Ashraf S. Ibrahim;John Edwards

  • Challenges in the diagnosis and treatment of mucormycosis.

    A Skiada;C Lass-Floerl;N Klimko;A Ibrahim;A Ibrahim

  • Th1-Th17 Cells Mediate Protective Adaptive Immunity against Staphylococcus aureus and Candida albicans Infection in Mice

    Lin Lin;Ashraf S Ibrahim;Xin Xu;Joshua M Farber

  • Evidence implicating phospholipase as a virulence factor of Candida albicans

    AS Ibrahim;F Mirbod;SG Filler;Y Banno

  • Genomic Analysis of the Basal Lineage Fungus Rhizopus oryzae Reveals a Whole-Genome Duplication

    Li Jun Ma;Ashraf S. Ibrahim;Christopher Skory;Manfred G. Grabherr

  • Functional and Structural Diversity in the Als Protein Family of Candida albicans

    Donald C. Sheppard;Michael R. Yeaman;William H. Welch;Quynh T. Phan

  • Candida albicans RIM101 pH Response Pathway Is Required for Host-Pathogen Interactions

    Dana Davis;John E. Edwards;Aaron P. Mitchell;Ashraf S. Ibrahim

  • Cloning and Disruption of caPLB1, a Phospholipase B Gene Involved in the Pathogenicity of Candida albicans

    Steven D. Leidich;Ashraf S. Ibrahim;Yue Fu;Anjni Koul

  • The iron chelator deferasirox protects mice from mucormycosis through iron starvation

    Ashraf S. Ibrahim;Teclegiorgis Gebermariam;Yue Fu;Lin Lin

  • The endothelial cell receptor GRP78 is required for mucormycosis pathogenesis in diabetic mice

    Mingfu Liu;Brad Spellberg;Quynh T. Phan;Yue Fu

  • The Deferasirox–AmBisome Therapy for Mucormycosis (DEFEAT Mucor) study: a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial

    Brad Spellberg;Ashraf S. Ibrahim;Peter V. Chin-Hong;Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis

  • Effect of temperature increase from 55 to 65°C on performance and microbial population dynamics of an anaerobic reactor treating cattle manure

    Birgitte Kiær Ahring;Ashraf Ibrahim;Zuzana Mladenovska

  • Candida albicans Als1p: an adhesin that is a downstream effector of the EFG1 filamentation pathway

    Yue Fu;Ashraf S. Ibrahim;Ashraf S. Ibrahim;Donald C. Sheppard;Yee-Chun Chen

  • Mechanism of fluconazole resistance in Candida krusei.

    Alison S. Orozco;Lindsey M. Higginbotham;Christopher A. Hitchcock;Tanya Parkinson

  • Iron acquisition: a novel perspective on mucormycosis pathogenesis and treatment.

    Ashraf S Ibrahim;Brad Spellberg;John Edwards

Frequent Co-Authors

John E. Edwards
John E. Edwards University of California, Los Angeles
Brad Spellberg
Brad Spellberg University of Southern California
Scott G. Filler
Scott G. Filler University of California, Los Angeles
Michael R. Yeaman
Michael R. Yeaman University of California, Los Angeles
Samuel W. French
Samuel W. French UCLA Medical Center
Mahmoud A. Ghannoum
Mahmoud A. Ghannoum Case Western Reserve University
Donald C. Sheppard
Donald C. Sheppard McGill University
Nathan P. Wiederhold
Nathan P. Wiederhold The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis
Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Thomas F. Patterson
Thomas F. Patterson The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

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