Amphotericin B resistance in Leishmania mexicana: Alterations to sterol metabolism and oxidative stress response.

Amphotericin B resistance in Leishmania mexicana: Alterations to sterol metabolism and oxidative stress response.

Amphotericin B is increasingly used in treatment of leishmaniasis. Here, fourteen independent lines of Leishmania mexicana and one L. infantum line were selected for resistance to either amphotericin B or the related polyene antimicrobial, nystatin. Sterol profiling revealed that, in each resistant...

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Main Authors: Edubiel A Alpizar-Sosa, Nur Raihana Binti Ithnin, Wenbin Wei, Andrew W Pountain, Stefan K Weidt, Anne M Donachie, Ryan Ritchie, Emily A Dickie, Richard J S Burchmore, Paul W Denny, Michael P Barrett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-09-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0010779&type=printable
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