Aspartyl peptidase May1 induces host inflammatory response by altering cell wall composition in the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans
ABSTRACT Cryptococcus neoformans causes cryptococcal meningoencephalitis, a disease that kills more than 180,000 people annually.Contributing to its success as a fungal pathogen is its cell wall surrounded by a capsule.When the cryptococcal cell wall is compromised, exposed pathogen-associated molecular pattern molecules (PAMPs) could trigger host