When the specific pathogen is Aspergillus fumigatus ... the full set of proteins present on the surface of A. fumigatus conidia and other closely related species that do not necessarily cause ...

Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis is a pulmonary disease occurring in patients with asthma or cystic fibrosis, consequent to a dysregulated immune response to inhaled Aspergillus conidia.

Latgé and colleagues, writing in a recent issue of Nature, show that the surface hydrophobin (RodA) that forms the rodlet layer around fungal spores (the conidia) prevents their recognition by ...