Brilacidin, a novel antifungal agent against Cryptococcus neoformans
Camila Diehl, Camila Figueiredo Pinzan, Patrícia Alves de Castro, Endrews Delbaje, Laura Cristina García-Carnero, Eddy Sánchez‐León, Kabir Bhalla, James W. Kronstad, Dong-Gyu Kim, Tamara Lea Doering, Sondus Alkhazraji, Nagendra Nath Mishra, Ashraf S. Ibrahim, Mami Yoshimura, Luis Alberto Vega Isuhuaylas, , Gustavo Henrique Goldman
This paper identifies brilacidin as a novel antifungal agent effective against Cryptococcus neoformans, showing it reduces fungal survival in macrophages and potentiates existing antifungals.
mBio · Jun 25, 2024Peer-reviewedMicrobiology