Luis R. Martinez

Antibody to Cryptococcus neoformans glucuronoxylomannan inhibits the release of capsular antigen.

Specific antibody can prevent fungal biofilm formation and this effect correlates with protective efficacy.

Susceptibility of Cryptococcus neoformans biofilms to antifungal agents in vitro.

Specific antibody to Cryptococcus neoformans glucurunoxylomannan antagonizes antifungal drug action against cryptococcal biofilms in vitro.

Cryptococcus neoformans cells in biofilms are less susceptible than planktonic cells to antimicrobial molecules produced by the innate immune system.

Cryptococcus neoformans biofilm formation depends on surface support and carbon source and reduces fungal cell susceptibility to heat, cold, and UV light.

Caspofungin reduces the incidence of fungal contamination in cell culture.

Voriconazole inhibits melanization in Cryptococcus neoformans.

Characterization of phenotypic switching in Cryptococcus neoformans biofilms.

Antimicrobial and healing efficacy of sustained release nitric oxide nanoparticles against Staphylococcus aureus skin infection.

Methamphetamine enhances histoplasmosis by immunosuppression of the host.

The use of chitosan to damage Cryptococcus neoformans biofilms.

Nitric oxide releasing nanoparticles are therapeutic for Staphylococcus aureus abscesses in a murine model of infection.

Augmented production of Panton-Valentine leukocidin toxin in methicillin-resistant and methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus is associated with worse outcome in a murine skin infection model.

Demonstration of antibiofilm and antifungal efficacy of chitosan against candidal biofilms, using an in vivo central venous catheter model.

Monoclonal antibodies against peptidorhamnomannans of Scedosporium apiospermum enhance the pathogenicity of the fungus.

The use of nitric oxide releasing nanoparticles as a treatment against Acinetobacter baumannii in wound infections.

Novel therapies for treatment of multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii skin infections.

Mycobacteria release active membrane vesicles that modulate immune responses in a TLR2-dependent manner in mice.

Candida parapsilosis fat storage-inducing transmembrane (FIT) protein 2 regulates lipid droplet formation and impacts virulence.

Susceptibility of Gram-positive and -negative bacteria to novel nitric oxide-releasing nanoparticle technology.

Fungal Biofilms: Relevance in the Setting of Human Disease.

Improved antimicrobial efficacy with nitric oxide releasing nanoparticle generated S-nitrosoglutathione.

Chronological aging is associated with biophysical and chemical changes in the capsule of Cryptococcus neoformans.

Effects of microplusin, a copper-chelating antimicrobial peptide, against Cryptococcus neoformans.

Nitric Oxide-Releasing Nanoparticles Accelerate Wound Healing by Promoting Fibroblast Migration and Collagen Deposition.