Lydia Kasper (née Schild)

Alumni

Publications

Müller R, König A, Groth S, Zarnowski R, Visser C, Handrianz T, Maufrais C, Krüger T, Himmel M, Lee S, Priest EL, Yildirim D, Richardson JP, Blango MG, Bougnoux ME, Kniemeyer O, d'Enfert C, Brakhage AA, Andes DR, Trümper V, Nehls C, Kasper L, Mogavero S, Gutsmann T, Naglik JR, Allert S, Hube B (2024) Secretion of the fungal toxin candidalysin is dependent on conserved precursor peptide sequences. Nat Microbiol 9(3), 669-683.
Sprague JL, Schille TB, Allert S, Trümper V, Lier A, Großmann P, Priest EL, Tsavou A, Panagiotou G, Naglik JR, Wilson D, Schäuble S, Kasper L*, Hube B*# (2024) Candida albicans translocation through the intestinal epithelial barrier is promoted by fungal zinc acquisition and limited by NFκBmediated barrier protection. Plos Pathogens 20(3), e1012031.
Lange T, Kasper L, Gresnigt MS, Brunke S, Hube B (2023) "Under Pressure" - How fungi evade, exploit, and modulate cells of the innate immune system. Semin Immunol 66, 101738. (Review)
Sonnberger J, Kasper L, Lange T, Brunke S, Hube B (2023) "We've got to get out"-Strategies of human pathogenic fungi to escape from phagocytes. Mol Microbiol [Epub ahead of print] (Review)
Wu Y, Du S, Bimler LH, Mauk KE, Lortal L, Kichik N, Griffiths JS, Osicka R, Song L, Polsky K, Kasper L, Sebo P, Weatherhead J, Knight JM, Kheradmand F, Zheng H, Richardson JP, Hube B, Naglik JR, Corry DB (2023) Toll-like receptor 4 and CD11b expressed on microglia coordinate eradication of Candida albicans cerebral mycosis. Cell Rep 42(10), 113240.
Sprague JL, Kasper L, Hube B (2022) From intestinal colonization to systemic infections: Candida albicans translocation and dissemination. Gut Microbes 14(1), 2154548. (Review)
Radosa S, Sprague JL, Lau SH, Tóth R, Linde J, Krüger T, Sprenger M, Kasper L, Westermann M, Kniemeyer O, Hube B, Brakhage AA, Gácser A, Hillmann F (2021) The fungivorous amoeba Protostelium aurantium targets redox homeostasis and cell wall integrity during intracellular killing of Candida parapsilosis. Cell Microbiol 23(11), e13389.
Sprenger M, Brunke S, Hube B, Kasper L (2021) A TRP1-marker-based system for gene complementation, overexpression, reporter gene expression, and gene modification in Candida glabrata. FEMS Yeast Res 20(8), foaa066.
Austermeier S, Kasper L, Westman J, Gresnigt MS (2020) I want to break free - macrophage strategies to recognize and kill Candida albicans, and fungal counter-strategies to escape. Curr Opin Microbiol 58, 15-23. (Review)
König A, Hube B, Kasper L (2020) The dual Function of the fungal toxin candidalysin during Candida albicans-macrophage interaction and virulence. Toxins 12(8), 469. (Review)