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Jane Symington

University of California, San Francisco

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Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Organism:human· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Anita SiliD· 2 shared Bevin C. EnglishiD· 2 shared Mark VoorhiesiD· 2 shared Apoorva Dabholkar· 1 shared Dinara AzimovaiD· 1 shared Rosa A. Rodriguez· 1 shared

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Macrophage phagocytosis of Coccidioides promotes its differentiation into the parasitic form

Jane Symington, Apoorva Dabholkar, Bevin C. English, Mark Voorhies, Anita Sil

This study shows that macrophage phagocytosis of Coccidioides arthroconidia promotes their differentiation into spherules, a pathogenic form, through direct interaction rather than soluble factors.

mBio · May 18, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology

A remarkable expansion of secreted cysteine knot proteins reveals novel virulence factors in the human fungal pathogen Histoplasma

Rosa A. Rodriguez, Dinara Azimova, Mark Voorhies, Bevin C. English, Jane Symington, Anita Sil

The paper identifies a large expansion of knottin genes in Histoplasma and shows their role in virulence and host cell lysis during macrophage infection.

bioRxiv · May 13, 2025 · PreprintMicrobiology