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Margherita Bertuzzi

Manchester Academic Health Science CentreORCID 0000-0002-5900-591XUnclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Immunology· 1 Microbiology· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Organism:human· 1 Organism:mouse· 1

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Andrew S. MacDonaldiD· 1 shared Andrew ThomiD· 1 shared Christopher R. ThorntoniD· 1 shared Daniel P. ConniD· 1 shared Emma L. HoulderiD· 1 shared Freya R. Svedberg· 1 shared Gareth Howell· 1 shared Joanne E. KonkeliD· 1 shared

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MicrobiologymBioPeer-reviewedOct 22, 2025

Cryptococcus displays spore-specific invasion of alveolar epithelial cells

Sébastien C. Ortiz, Rachael Fortune‐Grant, Andrew Thom…·Margherita Bertuzzi

This study shows Cryptococcus spores invade alveolar epithelial cells in vitro and in vivo, suggesting these cells may serve as an intracellular niche for dissemination and latency.

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humanexperimental assay

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ImmunologybioRxivNov 24, 2023

Mgl2+ cDC2s coordinate fungal allergic airway type 2, but not type 17, inflammation.

Peter C. Cook, Sheila L. Brown, Emma L. Houlder…·Andrew S. MacDonald

The paper identifies Mgl2+ cDC2s as key drivers of type 2, but not type 17, fungal allergic airway inflammation in mice.

DOI 10.1038/s41467-024-55663-3

mousebulk RNA-seq

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