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M Victorio VC, O Alves T, M F Souza GH, Gutkoski LC, Cameron LC, S L Ferreira M. NanoUPLC-MS E reveals differential abundance of gluten proteins in wheat flours of different technological qualities. J Proteomics 2021; 239:104181. [PMID: 33677101 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2021.104181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2020] [Revised: 02/18/2021] [Accepted: 02/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
Abstract
Gluten proteins contribute to the rheological properties of dough. Mass spectrometric techniques help to understand the contribution of these proteins to the quality of the end product. This work aimed to apply modern proteomic techniques to characterize and provide a better understanding of gluten proteins in wheat flours of different technological qualities. Nine Brazilian wheat flours (Triticum aestivum) classified by rheological gluten force were used to extract the proteins. Extracts were pooled together by technological qualities in low (LW), medium (MD), and superior (SP). Peptides were analyzed by nanoUPLC and mass spectrometry multiplex method (MSE). Collectively, 3545 peptides and 1297 proteins were identified, and 116 proteins were found differentially abundant. Low molecular weight glutenin subunits (LMW-GS) were found up-regulated only in SP samples. Proteins related to wheat grain hardness, such as puroindoline-A, were found in significant concentration in LW samples. After domain prediction, LW presented a different pattern with a lower abundance of functional domains, and SP presented chaperones, known to be involved in adequate folding of the storage proteins. NanoUPLC-MSE was efficient in analyzing and distinguishing the proteomic pattern of wheat flours from different qualities, pointing out the differentially abundant gluten proteins and providing a better understanding of wheat flour quality. SIGNIFICANCE: Common wheat is one of the most important staple food sources in the world. The improvement and comprehension of wheat quality has been a major objective of plant breeders and cereal chemists. Our findings highlighted the application of a modern proteomic approach to obtain a better understanding of the impact of gluten proteins on the technological quality of different wheat flours. The obtained data revealed different abundances of wheat quality-related proteins in superior quality flours when compared with samples of low rheological properties. In addition, multivariate statistical analysis clearly distinguished the flours of different qualities. This work contributes to the consolidation of research in the field of wheat technological quality.
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- V C M Victorio
- Laboratory of Bioactives, Food and Nutrition Graduate Program, PPGAN, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, UNIRIO, Av. Pasteur, 296, 22290-240, RJ, Brazil.
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- Laboratory of Bioactives, Food and Nutrition Graduate Program, PPGAN, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, UNIRIO, Av. Pasteur, 296, 22290-240, RJ, Brazil.
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- Laboratory of Bioactives, Food and Nutrition Graduate Program, PPGAN, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, UNIRIO, Av. Pasteur, 296, 22290-240, RJ, Brazil
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- Center of Innovation in Mass Spectrometry-Laboratory of Protein Biochemistry (IMasS-LBP), UNIRIO, Brazil.
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- Laboratory of Bioactives, Food and Nutrition Graduate Program, PPGAN, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, UNIRIO, Av. Pasteur, 296, 22290-240, RJ, Brazil; Center of Innovation in Mass Spectrometry-Laboratory of Protein Biochemistry (IMasS-LBP), UNIRIO, Brazil.
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Last A, Maurer M, Mosig AS, Gresnigt MS, Hube B. In vitro infection models to study fungal-host interactions. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2021; 45:6125970. [PMID: 33524102 PMCID: PMC8498566 DOI: 10.1093/femsre/fuab005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2020] [Accepted: 01/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Fungal infections (mycoses) affect over a billion people per year. Approximately, two million of these infections are life-threatening, especially for patients with a compromised immune system. Fungi of the genera Aspergillus, Candida, Histoplasma and Cryptococcus are opportunistic pathogens that contribute to a substantial number of mycoses. To optimize the diagnosis and treatment of mycoses, we need to understand the complex fungal–host interplay during pathogenesis, the fungal attributes causing virulence and how the host resists infection via immunological defenses. In vitro models can be used to mimic fungal infections of various tissues and organs and the corresponding immune responses at near-physiological conditions. Furthermore, models can include fungal interactions with the host–microbiota to mimic the in vivo situation on skin and mucosal surfaces. This article reviews currently used in vitro models of fungal infections ranging from cell monolayers to microfluidic 3D organ-on-chip (OOC) platforms. We also discuss how OOC models can expand the toolbox for investigating interactions of fungi and their human hosts in the future.
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- Antonia Last
- Department of Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans-Knoell-Institute, Jena, Germany
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- Center for Sepsis Control and Care (CSCC), University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany.,Institute of Biochemistry II, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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- Center for Sepsis Control and Care (CSCC), University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany.,Institute of Biochemistry II, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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- Junior Research Group Adaptive Pathogenicity Strategies, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans-Knoell-Institute, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans-Knoell-Institute, Jena, Germany.,Institute of Microbiology, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany
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Speth C, Rambach G, Lass-Flörl C, Howell PL, Sheppard DC. Galactosaminogalactan (GAG) and its multiple roles in Aspergillus pathogenesis. Virulence 2019; 10:976-983. [PMID: 30667338 PMCID: PMC8647848 DOI: 10.1080/21505594.2019.1568174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Aspergillus spp and particularly the species Aspergillus fumigatus are the causative agents of invasive aspergillosis, a progressive necrotizing pneumonia that occurs in immunocompromised patients. The limited efficacy of currently available antifungals has led to interest in a better understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of invasive aspergillosis in order to identify new therapeutic targets for this devastating disease. The Aspergillus exopolysaccharide galactosaminogalactan (GAG) plays an important role in the pathogenesis of experimental invasive aspergillosis. The present review article summarizes our current understanding of GAG composition and synthesis and the molecular mechanisms whereby GAG promotes virulence. Promising directions for future research and the prospect of GAG as both a therapy and therapeutic target are reviewed.
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- Cornelia Speth
- Division of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.,Christian Doppler Laboratory for Invasive Fungal Infections, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Division of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.,Christian Doppler Laboratory for Invasive Fungal Infections, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Division of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.,Christian Doppler Laboratory for Invasive Fungal Infections, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Program in Molecular Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.,Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Departments of Medicine and of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montréal, Canada.,Infectious Diseases and Immunity in Global Health Program, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Canada
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Valsecchi I, Dupres V, Michel JP, Duchateau M, Matondo M, Chamilos G, Saveanu C, Guijarro JI, Aimanianda V, Lafont F, Latgé JP, Beauvais A. The puzzling construction of the conidial outer layer of Aspergillus fumigatus. Cell Microbiol 2019; 21:e12994. [PMID: 30552790 DOI: 10.1111/cmi.12994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2018] [Revised: 12/02/2018] [Accepted: 12/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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If the mycelium of Aspergillus fumigatus is very short-lived in the laboratory, conidia can survive for years. This survival capacity and extreme resistance to environmental insults is a major biological characteristic of this fungal species. Moreover, conidia, which easily reach the host alveola, are the infective propagules. Earlier studies have shown the role of some molecules of the outer conidial layer in protecting the fungus against the host defense. The outer layer of the conidial cell wall, directly in contact with the host cells, consists of α-(1,3)-glucan, melanin, and proteinaceous rodlets. This study is focused on the global importance of this outer layer. Single and multiple mutants without one to three major components of the outer layer were constructed and studied. The results showed that the absence of the target molecules resulting from multiple gene deletions led to unexpected phenotypes without any logical additivity. Unexpected compensatory cell wall surface modifications were indeed observed, such as the synthesis of the mycelial virulence factor galactosaminogalactan, the increase in chitin and glycoprotein concentration or particular changes in permeability. However, sensitivity of the multiple mutants to killing by phagocytic host cells confirmed the major importance of melanin in protecting conidia.
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- Isabel Valsecchi
- Aspergillus Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.,Plateforme de RMN Biologique, Institut Pasteur (CNRS, UMR 3528), Paris, France.,Unité de bioinformatique structurale, Institut Pasteur (CNRS, UMR 3528), Paris, France
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- Centre for Infection and Immunity of Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille-CNRS UMR8204-INSERM U1019- CHRU Lille-University, Lille, France
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- Plateforme Protéomique, Unité de Spectrometrie de Masse pour la Biologie, UMR 2000 CNRS, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- Plateforme Protéomique, Unité de Spectrometrie de Masse pour la Biologie, UMR 2000 CNRS, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- Department of Medicine, University of Crete and Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Foundation for Research and Technology, Crete, Greece
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- Unité de Génétique des Interactions Macromoléculaires, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- Plateforme de RMN Biologique, Institut Pasteur (CNRS, UMR 3528), Paris, France.,Unité de bioinformatique structurale, Institut Pasteur (CNRS, UMR 3528), Paris, France
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- Centre for Infection and Immunity of Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille-CNRS UMR8204-INSERM U1019- CHRU Lille-University, Lille, France
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Richard N, Marti L, Varrot A, Guillot L, Guitard J, Hennequin C, Imberty A, Corvol H, Chignard M, Balloy V. Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells Inhibit Aspergillus fumigatus Germination of Extracellular Conidia via FleA Recognition. Sci Rep 2018; 8:15699. [PMID: 30356167 PMCID: PMC6200801 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-33902-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2018] [Accepted: 10/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
Abstract
Aspergillus fumigatus is an environmental filamentous fungus that may act as an opportunistic pathogen causing a variety of diseases, including asthma or allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, and infection, ranging from asymptomatic colonization to invasive pulmonary form, especially in immunocompromised patients. This fungus is characterized by different morphotypes including conidia which are the infective propagules able to germinate into hyphae. Due to their small size (2–3 µm), conidia released in the air can reach the lower respiratory tract. The objective of this study was to characterize the interactions between conidia and bronchial epithelial cells. To this end, we studied the role of bronchial epithelial cells, i.e., the BEAS-2B cell line and human primary cells, in conidial germination of a laboratory strain and three clinical strains of A. fumigatus. Microscopic observations and galactomannan measurements demonstrated that contact between epithelial cells and conidia leads to the inhibition of conidia germination. We demonstrated that this fungistatic process is not associated with the release of any soluble components nor internalization by the epithelial cells. We highlight that this antifungal process involves the phosphoinositide 3-kinase pathway on the host cellular side and the lectin FleA on the fungal side. Collectively, our results show that bronchial epithelial cells attenuate fungal virulence by inhibiting germination of extracellular conidia, thus preventing the morphological change from conidia to filaments, which is responsible for tissue invasion.
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- Nicolas Richard
- Sorbonne Université, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, Inserm, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine Paris, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, Inserm, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine Paris, Paris, France
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CERMAV, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- Sorbonne Université, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, Inserm, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine Paris, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, Inserm, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine Paris, Paris, France.,Service de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Hôpital St Antoine, AP-HP, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, Inserm, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine Paris, Paris, France.,Service de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Hôpital St Antoine, AP-HP, Paris, France
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CERMAV, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- Sorbonne Université, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, Inserm, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine Paris, Paris, France.,Pneumologie Pédiatrique, AP-HP, Hôpital Trousseau, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, Inserm, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine Paris, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, Inserm, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine Paris, Paris, France.
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Victorio VCM, Souza GH, Santos MCB, Vega AR, Cameron L, Ferreira MSL. Differential expression of albumins and globulins of wheat flours of different technological qualities revealed by nanoUPLC-UDMSE. Food Chem 2018; 239:1027-1036. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2017.07.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2017] [Revised: 06/30/2017] [Accepted: 07/10/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Song J, Pan W, Sun Y, Han J, Shi W, Liao W. Aspergillus fumigatus-induced early inflammatory response in pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells: Role of p38 MAPK and inhibition by silibinin. Int Immunopharmacol 2017; 49:195-202. [PMID: 28601021 DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2017.05.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2016] [Revised: 05/04/2017] [Accepted: 05/31/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Human invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) is a serious infectious disease mainly caused by Aspergillus fumigatus (A. fumigatus). Pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells (PMVECs) are important ones in the human lung tissue. However, it remains unclear about the role of PMVECs in IPA. In the present study, we cocultured PMVECs with A. fumigatus. We observed that A. fumigatus induced dose- and time-dependent increases of interleukin 6 (IL-6), interleukin 1β (IL-1β) and intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1) concentration in the cultures. Significant increases in IL-6, IL-1β, E-selectin, and ICAM-1 mRNA expression were also observed in the cultures treated with A. fumigatus. While preincubation with SB203580 (10μM) did not cause significant changes in IL-6, IL-1β and ICAM-1 concentration in the cocultures, significant IL-6, IL-1β and ICAM-1 concentration decreases were observed in the cocultures preincubated with SB203580 (20μM). Neither SP600125 (10-20μM) nor PD98059 (10-20μM) caused significant changes in IL-6, IL-1β and ICAM-1 concentration in the cocultures. PCR results also showed that SB203580 (20μM) (neither SP600125 (20μM) nor PD98059 (20μM)) preincubation significantly decreased IL-6, IL-1β, E-selectin and ICAM-1 mRNA expression in the cocultures. In addition, significant p38 MAPK phosphorylation increase was observed in the PMVECs cultures treated with A. fumigatus. Furthermore, silibinin pre-treatment and post-treatment were observed to significantly down-regulate mRNA and protein expression of proinflammatory factors and adhesion molecules in the cocultures. Finally, we observed that silibinin significantly inhibited A. fumigatus-induced p38 MAPK activation in PMVECs. Our results indicated that PMVECs might participate in IPA early inflammation which is mediated by p38 MAPK. Silibinin may inhibit A. fumigatus-induced inflammation in PMVECs through p38 MAPK.
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- Jun Song
- Department of Dermatology, Shanghai First People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Medical Mycology, Shanghai Institute of Medical Mycology, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Shanghai First People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Shanghai First People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Shanghai First People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China.
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Medical Mycology, Shanghai Institute of Medical Mycology, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
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Neves GWP, Curty N, Kubitschek-Barreira PH, Fontaine T, Souza GHMF, Cunha ML, Goldman GH, Beauvais A, Latgé JP, Lopes-Bezerra LM. Dataset of differentially regulated proteins in HUVECs challenged with wild type and UGM1 mutant Aspergillus fumigatus strains. Data Brief 2016; 9:24-31. [PMID: 27622208 PMCID: PMC5008054 DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2016.07.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2016] [Revised: 07/26/2016] [Accepted: 07/29/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Invasive aspergillosis is the primary opportunistic invasive fungal infection described in neutropenic hematologic patients, caused by the angioinvasive pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus. The molecular mechanisms associated with A. fumigatus infection in the vascular endothelium are poorly understood. In this context, we used a high-throughput proteomic approach to unveil the proteins modulated in HUVECs after interaction with a wild type strain and the UGM1 mutant (Δugm1) of A. fumigatus. The proteomic analysis was also performed in HUVECs challenged with a galactosaminogalactan (GAG) purified from A. fumigatus cell wall. The dataset presented here correspond to all proteins identified that fit a 2-fold change criteria (log 2 ratio ≥ 1 or ≤ −1), disregarding the statistical validation cut off, in order to supplement the research article entitled “Modifications to the composition of the hyphal outer layer of Aspergillus fumigatus modulates the HUVEC proteins associated with inflammatory and stress responses” (G.W.P. Neves, N.A. Curty, P.H. Kubitschek-Barreira, T. Fontaine, G.H.M.F. Souza, M. Lyra Cunha, G.H. Goldman, A. Beauvais, J.P. Latgé, L.M. Lopes-Bezerra, 2016) [1]. The mass spectrometry proteomic data have been deposited in the ProteomeXchange Consortium via the PRIDE partner repository with the dataset identifier PRIDE: PXD002823.
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- Gabriela Westerlund Peixoto Neves
- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Campus Maracanã, Pavilhão Haroldo Lisboa da Cunha sl 501D, CEP: 20550-013, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Campus Maracanã, Pavilhão Haroldo Lisboa da Cunha sl 501D, CEP: 20550-013, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Campus Maracanã, Pavilhão Haroldo Lisboa da Cunha sl 501D, CEP: 20550-013, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Unité des Aspergillus, Institut Pasteur, 25 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724, Paris Cedex 15, France
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- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Campus Maracanã, Pavilhão Haroldo Lisboa da Cunha sl 501D, CEP: 20550-013, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Departamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas. Av. do Cafe S/N, Monte Alegre, CEP:14040-903, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Unité des Aspergillus, Institut Pasteur, 25 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724, Paris Cedex 15, France
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- Unité des Aspergillus, Institut Pasteur, 25 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724, Paris Cedex 15, France
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- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Campus Maracanã, Pavilhão Haroldo Lisboa da Cunha sl 501D, CEP: 20550-013, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
- Corresponding author.
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