Abstract:Candida albicans is the most common fungal opportunistic pathogen of humans and causes mucocutaneous, bloodstream and deep organ infections. Screening for C. albicans genes that are preferentially expressed within infected hosts represents a strategy to identify novel virulence factors and define global expression patterns relevant to pathogenesis. Until recently, C. albicans has not been amenable to screening using existing technologies. This has begun to change with the development of new molecular genetic tools and the sequencing of the C. albicans genome. In this paper, we review studies using recently developed techniques to identify genes expressed by C. albicans during infections, as well as work from our laboratory using a human antibody-based strategy. Along with others, we have shown that selected in vivo expressed genes encode known and previously unrecognized candidal virulence factors. Future studies in this area will identify additional novel virulence factors, as well as advance our understanding of pathogenesis.

Status: Published Type: Journal article|Review|Review, tutorial PubMed ID: 15473353

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