- Author
- Title
- Molecular characterization of Candida in the oral cavity and factors involved in biofilm formation and virulence
- Supervisors
- Co-supervisors
- Award date
- 16 June 2014
- Number of pages
- 173
- ISBN
- 9789462592094
- Document type
- PhD thesis
- Faculty
- Faculty of Dentistry (ACTA)
- Abstract
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The research described in this thesis addresses current issues related to oral Candida infections. Interactions of Candida with the oral microbiome were characterized and factors involved in biofilm formation and virulence were studied.
All in all, the work described in this thesis contributes towards gaining a better understanding of oral Candida infections. Insights in Candida interactions with the oral microbiome were generated. High Candida load coincides with acidification of the environment, and this is probably the ecological factor that shifts the oral resident microbiome towards a microbiome with increased aciduric bacteria and, consequently, with a lower level of diversity. The question remains whether a high Candida load is a result of acidification of the oral environment by, for instance, high carbohydrate intake, or, originates from factors such as dry mouth, antibiotic- and or immunosuppression therapies in an aging- or immunocompromised population. Furthermore, new Candida glabrata adhesin-like wall proteins are discovered; proteins that are involved in attachment to human tissues and/or medical implants and can play a role in biofilm formation. The proteins seem to play an important role in the process of infection and could therefore be potential new targets for anti-adhesive antifungal drug development. - Note
- Research conducted at: Universiteit van Amsterdam
- Persistent Identifier
- https://hdl.handle.net/11245/1.417763
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Thesis
Cover
Title pages
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction: Molecular characterization of Candida in the oral cavity and factors involved in biofilm formation and virulence
Chapter 2: The relation between oral Candida load and bacterial microbiome profiles in Dutch older adults
Chapter 3: The effect of Streptococcus mutans and Candida glabrata on Candida albicans biofilms formed on different surfaces
Chapter 4: The cell wall of the human pathogen Candida glabrata: Differential incorporation of novel adhesion-like wall proteins
Chapter 5: Identification and differential gene expression of adhesin-like wall proteins in Candida glabrata biofilms
Chapter 6: Gross karyotypic and phenotypic alterations among different progenies of the Candida glabrata CBS138/ATCC2001 reference strain
Summary, conclusions and future directions
Samenvatting
Appendix A: Supplementary material Chapter 2
Appendix B: Supplementary material Chapter 4
Appendix C: Supplementary material Chapter 5
List of publications
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