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Overview

Richard Calderone is affiliated with Georgetown University Medical Center in the United States. Their research spans several areas within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with particular focus on infectious diseases, epidemiology, molecular biology, pharmacology, and oncology.

Their research topics include:

  • Antifungal resistance and susceptibility
  • Fungal infections and studies
  • Berberine and alkaloids research
  • Antibiotic resistance in bacteria
  • Drug transport and resistance mechanisms
  • Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment
  • Peptidase inhibition and analysis

Calderone has published numerous papers including:

  • Berberine reverses multidrug resistance in Candida albicans by hijacking the drug efflux pump Mdr1p, 2020, Science Bulletin
  • Similarities and Differences: A Comparative Review of the Molecular Mechanisms and Effectors of NAFLD and AFLD, 2021, Frontiers in Physiology
  • Treg-inducing capacity of genomic DNA of Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis, 2020, Allergy and Asthma Proceedings
  • Salivary and serum IgA and IgG responses to SARS-CoV-2-spike protein following SARS-CoV-2 infection and after immunization with COVID-19 vaccines, 2022, Allergy and Asthma Proceedings
  • Mitochondrial Complex I Core Protein Regulates cAMP Signaling via Phosphodiesterase Pde2 and NAD Homeostasis in Candida albicans, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology

The scientist has coauthored extensively with colleagues including Dongmei Li, Xiaodong She, Joseph A. Bellanti, Weida Liu, and Pengyi Zhang.

Key publication venues for Calderone's work include:

  • Methods in molecular biology
  • Allergy and Asthma Proceedings
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • FEMS Yeast Research
  • Journal of Fungi

Calderone has contributed to book publications as well, with a notable work titled Candida Species published by Springer Science+Business Media in 2022.

Best Publications

  • Virulence factors of Candida albicans

    Richard A Calderone;William A Fonzi

  • Candida and candidiasis.

    Richard A.Calderone

  • Adherence and receptor relationships of Candida albicans.

    Richard Calderone;Phyllis C. Braun

  • Adherence of Candida Species to Host Tissues and Plastic Surfaces

    Daniel Rotrosen;Richard A. Calderone;John E. Edwards

  • Signalling and oxidant adaptation in Candida albicans and Aspergillus fumigatus

    Neeraj Chauhan;Jean-Paul Latge;Richard Calderone

  • Chitin synthesis in Candida albicans: comparison of yeast and hyphal forms.

    Phyllis Cellini Braun;R. A. Calderone

  • Defective Hyphal Development and Avirulence Caused by a Deletion of the SSK1 Response Regulator Gene in Candida albicans

    José Antonio Calera;Xiao-Jiong Zhao;Richard Calderone

  • In vitro binding of Candida albicans yeast cells to human fibronectin

    Skerl Kg;Calderone Ra;Segal E;Sreevalsan T

  • Candida albicans response regulator gene SSK1 regulates a subset of genes whose functions are associated with cell wall biosynthesis and adaptation to oxidative stress.

    Neeraj Chauhan;Diane Inglis;Elvira Roman;Jesus Pla

  • The Two-Component Signal Transduction Protein Chk1p Regulates Quorum Sensing in Candida albicans

    Michael Kruppa;Bastiaan P. Krom;Neeraj Chauhan;Adrienne V. Bambach

  • The role of the sakA (Hog1) and tcsB (sln1) genes in the oxidant adaptation of Aspergillus fumigatus.

    Chen Du;Jacqueline Sarfati;J-P Latge;Richard Calderone

  • Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor Augments Human Monocyte Fungicidal Activity for Candida albicans

    Phillip D. Smith;Cindy L. Lamerson;Steven M. Banks;Sarbjit S. Saini

  • Characterization of the SKN7 ortholog of Aspergillus fumigatus.

    Claude Lamarre;Oumaïma Ibrahim-Granet;Chen Du;Richard Calderone

  • SKN7 of Candida albicans: mutant construction and phenotype analysis.

    Praveen Singh;Neeraj Chauhan;Anup Ghosh;Freddie Dixon

  • Expression of Candida albicans SAP1 and SAP2 in experimental vaginitis.

    F De Bernardis;A Cassone;J Sturtevant;R Calderone

  • Microbial adhesion to fibronectin in vitro correlates with production of endocarditis in rabbits.

    W. Michael Scheld;Roger W. Strunk;Gary Balian;Richard A. Calderone

  • Recognition between Candida albicans and host cells

    Richard A. Calderone

  • System-level impact of mitochondria on fungal virulence: to metabolism and beyond

    Richard Calderone;Dongmei Li;Ana Traven

  • Two-component signal transduction in human fungal pathogens

    Michael Kruppa;Richard Calderone

  • Differential susceptibility of mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway mutants to oxidative-mediated killing by phagocytes in the fungal pathogen Candida albicans.

    David M. Arana;Rebeca Alonso-Monge;Chen Du;Richard Calderone

  • The exploitation of distinct recognition receptors in dendritic cells determines the full range of host immune relationships with Candida albicans

    Luigina Romani;Claudia Montagnoli;Silvia Bozza;Katia Perruccio

  • Microsatellite polymorphism in the promoter sequence of the elongation factor 3 gene of Candida albicans as the basis for a typing system.

    S Bretagne;J M Costa;C Besmond;R Carsique

Frequent Co-Authors

Lixin Zhang
Lixin Zhang East China University of Science and Technology
Jim E. Cutler
Jim E. Cutler Louisiana State University
Jean-Paul Latgé
Jean-Paul Latgé University of Crete
Jesús Pla
Jesús Pla Complutense University of Madrid
Yu Zhang
Yu Zhang Peking University
David L. Williams
David L. Williams East Tennessee State University
Scott G. Filler
Scott G. Filler University of California, Los Angeles
Mahmoud A. Ghannoum
Mahmoud A. Ghannoum Case Western Reserve University
Flavia De Bernardis
Flavia De Bernardis Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Brent E. Korba
Brent E. Korba Georgetown University

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