Unveiling the properties of thai stingless bee propolis via diminishing cell wall-associated cryptococcal melanin and enhancing the fungicidal activity of macrophages

• Main Authors: Ketsaya Mamoon, Patcharin Thammasit, Anupon Iadnut, Kuntida Kitidee, Usanee Anukool, Yingmanee Tragoolpua, Khajornsak Tragoolpua
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine; Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85088528493&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/70211
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. . Cryptococcus neoformans, a life-threatening human yeast pathogen, has the ability to produce melanin, which is one of the common virulence factors contributing to cryptococcal pathogenesis. This virulence factor is closely associated with t...