Antifungal activity of compounds targeting the Hsp90-calcineurin pathway against various mould species

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1408-1411

  Lamoth, Frédéric ^a,b   Alexander, Barbara D ^a   Juvvadi, Praveen R ^a   Steinbach, William J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Geldanamycin; Heat shock protein 70; Heat shock protein 90; Histone deacetylase inhibitors; Pifithrin ; Tacrolimus; Trichostatin A

Indexed keywords

CASPOFUNGIN; GELDANAMYCIN; PIFITHRIN MU; PROTEIN INHIBITOR; TACROLIMUS; TRICHOSTATIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CALCINEURIN; ENZYME INHIBITOR; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; ASPERGILLUS USTUS; BROTH DILUTION; BYSSOCHLAMYS SPECTABILIS; CUNNINGHAMELLA; FUSARIUM; IN VITRO STUDY; LICHTHEIMIA; LOMENTOSPORA PROLIFICANS; MOULD; MUCOR; NONHUMAN; PAECILOMYCES; PURPUREOCILLIUM; PURPUREOCILLIUM LILACINUM; RHIZOMUCOR; RHIZOPUS; SCEDOSPORIUM; SCEDOSPORIUM APIOSPERMUM; SCOPULARIOPSIS; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGUS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CALCINEURIN; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FUNGI; HSP90 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 84929733589     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dku549     Document Type: Article

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