Advances in Genomic Research of <i>Cryptococcus Gattii</i>

Xin-miao JIA; Meng XIAO; Tian-shu SUN; Ying-chun XU

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Xin-miao JIA, Meng XIAO, Tian-shu SUN, Ying-chun XU. Advances in Genomic Research of Cryptococcus Gattii[J]. Medical Journal of Peking Union Medical College Hospital, 2019, 10(5): 505-513. doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1674-9081.2019.05.014

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Xin-miao JIA, Meng XIAO, Tian-shu SUN, Ying-chun XU. Advances in Genomic Research of Cryptococcus Gattii[J]. Medical Journal of Peking Union Medical College Hospital, 2019, 10(5): 505-513. doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1674-9081.2019.05.014

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Advances in Genomic Research of Cryptococcus Gattii

doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1674-9081.2019.05.014

Xin-miao JIA^{1, 3},
Meng XIAO^{2, 3},
Tian-shu SUN^{1, 3},
Ying-chun XU^{2, 3
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Central Research Laboratory, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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Department of Clinical Laboratory, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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Beijing Key Laboratory for Mechanisms Research and Precision Diagnosis of Invasive Fungal Diseases, Beijing 100730, China

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Corresponding author: XU Ying-chun Tel: 86-10-69159766, E-mail:xycpumch@139.com
Received Date: 2019-03-14
Publish Date: 2019-09-30

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Cyptococcus gattii(C.gattii) belongs to the Cryptococcus neoformans complex and was previously considered to be a variant of the Cryptococcus neoformans complex (C. neoformans var. gattii) but eventually established as a separate species. Unlike C. neoformans, C. gattii predominantly infects immunocompetent persons. The pathogenic mechanism of C. gattii is not yet clear. The genomic research of C. gattii can not only comprehensively characterize the genetic composition, molecular evolution, virulence factors and pathogenic mechanisms, but also be used for the prediction of pathogenic genes and important proteins, which further facilitates the development of vaccines and new antibiotics and the construction of new effective treatments and prevention strategies against cryptococcosis. In this paper, the whole genome sequencing, genome features, genomic evolution, important virulence factors, and comparative genomic researches are reviewed.
- Cyptococcus gattii,
- genome,
- comparative genome,
- evolution,
- pathogenicity

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