Laboratory of Cellular Immunology and Biochemistry of Fungi and Protozoa

Karen Spadari Ferreira

karen.spadari@unifesp.br

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

UNIFESP Federal University of Sao Paulo

EVs research

EVs in host and infectious agents (viruses, parasites, fungi, and bacteria).

Recent publications

1- Extracellular Vesicles From Sporothrix brasiliensis Are an Important Virulence Factor That Induce an Increase in Fungal Burden in Experimental Sporotrichosis. Ikeda MAK, de Almeida JRF, Jannuzzi GP, Cronemberger-Andrade A, Torrecilhas ACT, Moretti NS, da Cunha JPC, de Almeida SR, Ferreira KS.Front Microbiol. 2018 Oct 2;9:2286. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02286. eCollection 2018.PMID: 30333803

2- Extracellular Vesicles From Sporothrix brasiliensis Yeast Cells Increases Fungicidal Activity in Macrophages. Campos RMS, Jannuzzi GP, Ikeda MAK, de Almeida SR, Ferreira KS.Mycopathologia. 2021 Dec;186(6):807-818. doi: 10.1007/s11046-021-00585-7. Epub 2021 Sep 8.PMID: 34498138

3- An immunoproteomic approach revealing peptides from Sporothrix brasiliensis that induce a cellular immune response in subcutaneous sporotrichosis. de Almeida JRF, Jannuzzi GP, Kaihami GH, Breda LCD, Ferreira KS, de Almeida SR.Sci Rep. 2018 Mar 8;8(1):4192. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-22709-8.PMID: 29520092

4- Intracellular PRRs Activation in Targeting the Immune Response Against Fungal Infections. Jannuzzi GP, de Almeida JRF, Paulo LNM, de Almeida SR, Ferreira KS.Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2020 Oct 20;10:591970. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2020.591970. eCollection 2020.PMID: 33194839

5- Exploring the genomic diversity of black yeasts and relatives (Chaetothyriales, Ascomycota). Teixeira MM, Moreno LF, Stielow BJ, Muszewska A, Hainaut M, Gonzaga L, Abouelleil A, Patané JS, Priest M, Souza R, Young S, Ferreira KS, Zeng Q, da Cunha MM, Gladki A, Barker B, Vicente VA, de Souza EM, Almeida S, Henrissat B, Vasconcelos AT, Deng S, Voglmayr H, Moussa TA, Gorbushina A, Felipe MS, Cuomo CA, de Hoog GS. Stud Mycol. 2017 Mar;86:1-28. doi: 10.1016/j.simyco.2017.01.001. Epub 2017 Jan 27.PMID: 28348446