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Overview

Leonardo Nimrichter is affiliated with the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil and has an extensive research portfolio centered on fungal infections and extracellular vesicles. Their published work primarily addresses the molecular and immunoregulatory roles of fungal extracellular vesicles, antifungal resistance, and biofilm formation.

Their recent published papers include:

  • Cryptococcus extracellular vesicles properties and their use as vaccine platforms, 2021, Journal of Extracellular Vesicles
  • Protective effect of fungal extracellular vesicles against murine candidiasis, 2020, Cellular Microbiology
  • Extracellular Vesicles Regulate Biofilm Formation and Yeast-to-Hypha Differentiation in Candida albicans, 2022, mBio
  • Comparative Molecular and Immunoregulatory Analysis of Extracellular Vesicles from Candida albicans and Candida auris, 2021, mSystems
  • Characterization of Extracellular Vesicles Produced by Aspergillus fumigatus Protoplasts, 2020, mSphere

Leonardo Nimrichter's frequent co-authors include:

  • Márcio L. Rodrigues
  • Leandro Honorato
  • Joshua D. Nosanchuk
  • Allan J. Guimarães
  • Daniel Zamith-Miranda

Their research is disseminated through various scientific journals, with multiple publications appearing in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Fungi
  • Infection and Immunity
  • Cellular Microbiology
  • mBio

Leonardo Nimrichter's main fields of study encompass Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their subfields of specialization include Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Immunology, and Microbiology.

The primary research topics addressed in their work are:

  • Fungal Infections and Studies
  • Antifungal resistance and susceptibility
  • Extracellular vesicles in disease
  • Galectins and Cancer Biology
  • Bacterial Infections and Vaccines
  • Studies on Chitinases and Chitosanases
  • Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing

Best Publications

  • Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018) : a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines

    Clotilde Théry;Kenneth W. Witwer;Elena Aikawa;Maria Jose Alcaraz

  • Extracellular Vesicles Produced by Cryptococcus neoformans Contain Protein Components Associated with Virulence

    Marcio L. Rodrigues;Ernesto S. Nakayasu;Debora L. Oliveira;Leonardo Nimrichter

  • Vesicular Polysaccharide Export in Cryptococcus neoformans Is a Eukaryotic Solution to the Problem of Fungal Trans-Cell Wall Transport

    Marcio L. Rodrigues;Leonardo Nimrichter;Débora L. Oliveira;Susana Frases

  • Compositional and immunobiological analyses of extracellular vesicles released by Candida albicans

    Gabriele Vargas;Juliana D. B. Rocha;Debora Leite Oliveira;Priscila Costa Albuquerque

  • Extracellular Vesicles from Cryptococcus neoformans Modulate Macrophage Functions

    Débora L. Oliveira;Célio G. Freire-de-Lima;Joshua D. Nosanchuk;Arturo Casadevall

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

    Débora L. Oliveira;Ernesto S. Nakayasu;Ernesto S. Nakayasu;Luna S. Joffe;Allan J. Guimarães

  • Extracellular vesicle-mediated export of fungal RNA

    Roberta Peres da Silva;Rosana Puccia;Marcio L. Rodrigues;Marcio L. Rodrigues;Débora L. Oliveira

  • Intact cell adhesion to glycan microarrays.

    Leonardo Nimrichter;Ari Gargir;Monica Gortler;Rom T. Altstock

  • Self-Aggregation of Cryptococcus neoformans Capsular Glucuronoxylomannan Is Dependent on Divalent Cations‡

    Leonardo Nimrichter;Susana Frases;Leonardo P. Cinelli;Nathan B. Viana

  • E-selectin receptors on human leukocytes

    Leonardo Nimrichter;Leonardo Nimrichter;Monica M. Burdick;Kazuhiro Aoki;Wouter Laroy

  • The plant defensin RsAFP2 induces cell wall stress, septin mislocalization and accumulation of ceramides in Candida albicans

    Karin Thevissen;Patricia de Mello Tavares;Deming Xu;Jill Blankenship

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

    Visesato Mor;Antonella Rella;Amir M. Farnoud;Ashutosh Singh

  • Potential Roles of Fungal Extracellular Vesicles during Infection.

    Luna S. Joffe;Luna S. Joffe;Leonardo Nimrichter;Marcio L. Rodrigues;Marcio L. Rodrigues;Maurizio Del Poeta;Maurizio Del Poeta

  • Biology and pathogenesis of Fonsecaea pedrosoi, the major etiologic agent of chromoblastomycosis.

    André L.S. Santos;Vanila F. Palmeira;Sonia Rozental;Lucimar F. Kneipp

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

    Susana Frases;Leonardo Nimrichter;Nathan B. Viana;Antonio Nakouzi

  • Capsule of Cryptococcus neoformans grows by enlargement of polysaccharide molecules

    Susana Frases;Bruno Pontes;Leonardo Nimrichter;Nathan B. Viana

  • Vesicular Trans-Cell Wall Transport in Fungi: A Mechanism for the Delivery of Virulence-Associated Macromolecules?

    Marcio L. Rodrigues;Leonardo Nimrichter;Debora L. Oliveira;Joshua D. Nosanchuk

  • Effective Topical Treatment of Subcutaneous Murine B16F10-Nex2 Melanoma By the Antimicrobial Peptide Gomesin

    Elaine G. Rodrigues;Andrey S.S. Dobroff;Clarissa F. Cavarsan;Thaysa Paschoalin

  • Synthesis and Biological Properties of Fungal Glucosylceramide

    Maurizio Del Poeta;Leonardo Nimrichter;Marcio L. Rodrigues;Chiara Luberto

  • The impact of proteomics on the understanding of functions and biogenesis of fungal extracellular vesicles

    Marcio L. Rodrigues;Marcio L. Rodrigues;Ernesto S. Nakayasu;Igor C. Almeida;Leonardo Nimrichter

  • The multitude of targets for the immune system and drug therapy in the fungal cell wall.

    Leonardo Nimrichter;Marcio L. Rodrigues;Elaine G. Rodrigues;Luiz R. Travassos

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcio L. Rodrigues
Marcio L. Rodrigues Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Arturo Casadevall
Arturo Casadevall Johns Hopkins University
Susana Frases
Susana Frases Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Ernesto S. Nakayasu
Ernesto S. Nakayasu Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Joshua D. Nosanchuk
Joshua D. Nosanchuk Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Igor C. Almeida
Igor C. Almeida The University of Texas at El Paso
Maurizio Del Poeta
Maurizio Del Poeta Stony Brook University
Luiz R. Travassos
Luiz R. Travassos Federal University of Sao Paulo
Marilene Henning Vainstein
Marilene Henning Vainstein Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Celuta S. Alviano
Celuta S. Alviano Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

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