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Articles in Reviewed Journals

The small GTPase Ypt7 of Penicillium expansum is required for growth, patulin biosynthesis and virulence

Xuemei Zhang, Yuanyuan Zong, Feng Zhang, Qili Liu, Di Gong, Yang Bi, Edward Sionov, Dov Prusky (2024)

Food microbiology, 119, 104434

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Nanogel Particles Based on Modified Nucleosides and Oligosaccharides as Advanced Delivery System

Rafael Itzhakov, Hagit Hak, Sudharsan Sadhasivam, Eduard Belausov, Elazar Fallik, Ziv Spiegelman, Edward Sionov, Elena Poverenov (2023)

ACS Nano, 17(22), 23020-23031

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The histone demethylase KdmB is part of a trimeric protein complex and mediates virulence and mycotoxin production in Penicillium expansum

Dianiris Luciano-Rosario, Omer Barda, Joanna Tannous, Dean Frawley, Özgür Bayram, Dov Prusky, Edward Sionov, Nancy P Keller (2023)

Fungal Genetics and Biology, 169, 103837

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Aneuploidy Formation in the Filamentous Fungus Aspergillus flavus in Response to Azole Stress

Omer Barda, Sudharsan Sadhasivam, Di Gong, Adi Doron-Faigenboim, Varda Zakin, Milton T. Drott, Edward Sionov (2023)

Microbiology Spectrum, 11(4), e0433922

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Erg4 Is Involved in Ergosterol Biosynthesis, Conidiation and Stress Response in Penicillium expansum

Zhanhong Han, Yuanyuan Zong, Xuemei Zhang, Di Gong, Bin Wang, Dov Prusky, Edward Sionov, Huali Xue, Yang Bi (2023)

Journal of Fungi, 9(5), 568

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Small GTPases RasA and RasB regulate development, patulin production, and virulence of Penicillium expansum

Yuanyuan Zong, Xuemei Zhang, Di Gong, Feng Zhang, Lirong Yu, Yang Bi, Edward Sionov, Dov Prusky (2023)

Postharvest Biology and Technology, 97, 112192

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Porous silicon Fabry-Pérot interferometer designed for sensitive detection of aflatoxin B1 in field crops

D. Nanda Kumar, Ilana Freidman, Edward Sionov, Giorgi Shtenberg (2023)

Food Chemistry, 405(Pt B), 134980

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Dynamic Change of Carbon and Nitrogen Sources in Colonized Apples by Penicillium expansum

Di Gong, Yang Bi, Yuanyuan Zong, Yongcai Li, Edward Sionov, Dov Prusky (2022)

Foods, 11(21), 3367

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What Is Hiding in the Israeli Mediterranean Seawater and Beach Sand

Michael Frenkel, Hanan Serhan, Shlomo E. Blum, Marcelo Fleker, Edward Sionov, Sharon Amit, Zeela Gazit, Shiraz Gefen-Halevi, Esther Segal (2022)

Journal of Fungi, 8(9), 950

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Ensiling process and pomegranate peel extract as a natural additive in potential prevention of fungal and mycotoxin contamination in silage

Sudharsan Sadhasivam, Rula Marshi, Omer Barda, Varda Zakin, Malka Britzi, Abraham Gamliel, Edward Sionov (2022)

Toxicology Reports, 9, 1557-1565

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The pH signalling transcription factor PacC modulate growth, development, stress response and pathogenicity of Trichothecium roseum

Bin Wang, Zhanhong Han, Di Gong, Xiaobin Xu, Yongcai Li, Edward Sionov, Dov Prusky, Yang Bi, Yuanyuan Zong (2022)

Environmental Microbiology, 24(3), 1608-1621

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Analysis of Stored Wheat Grain-Associated Microbiota Reveals Biocontrol Activity among Microorganisms against Mycotoxigenic Fungi

Manoj Kumar Solanki, Ahmed Abdelfattah, Sudharsan Sadhasivam, Varda Zakin, Michael Wisniewski, Samir Droby, Edward Sionov (2021)

Journal of Fungi, 7(9), 781

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NADPH Oxidase Regulates the Growth and Pathogenicity of Penicillium expansum

Xuemei Zhang, Yuanyuan Zong, Di Gong, Lirong Yu, Edward Sionov, Yang Bi, Dov Prusky (2021)

Frontiers in Plant Science, 12, 696210

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Rapid Detection and Quantification of Patulin and Citrinin Contamination in Fruits

Sudharsan Sadhasivam, Omer Barda, Varda Zakin, Ram Reifen, Edward Sionov (2021)

Molecules, 26(15), 4545

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The Effect of Environmental pH during Trichothecium roseum (Pers.:Fr.) Link Inoculation of Apple Fruits on the Host Differential Reactive Oxygen Species Metabolism

Zhanhong Han, Zhenyu Wang, Yang Bi, Yuanyuan Zong, Di Gong, Bin Wang, Baojun Li, Edward Sionov, Dov Prusky (2021)

Antioxidants, 10(5), 692

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Functional roles of LaeA, polyketide synthase, and glucose oxidase in the regulation of ochratoxin A biosynthesis and virulence in Aspergillus carbonarius

Uriel Maor, Omer Barda, Sudharsan Sadhasivam, Yang Bi, Elena Levin, Varda Zakin, Dov B Prusky, Edward Sionov (2021)

Molecular Plant Pathology, 22(1), 117-129

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Host Factors Modulating Ochratoxin A Biosynthesis during Fruit Colonization by Aspergillus carbonarius

Uriel Maor, Omer Barda, Sudharsan Sadhasivam, Yang Bi, Varda Zakin, Dov B Prusky, Edward Sionov (2020)

Journal of Fungi, 7(1), 10

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Fungi in sands of Mediterranean Sea beaches of Israel-Potential relevance to human health and well-being

Michael Frenkel, Yaron Yunik, Marcelo Fleker, Shlomo E Blum, Edward Sionov, Daniel Elad, Hanan Serhan, Esther Segal (2020)

Mycoses, 63, 1255–1261

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New Insight Into Pathogenicity and Secondary Metabolism of the Plant Pathogen Penicillium expansum Through Deletion of the Epigenetic Reader SntB

Joanna Tannous, Omer Barda, Dianiris Luciano-Rosario, Dov B Prusky, Edward Sionov, Nancy P Keller (2020)

Frontiers in Microbiology, 11, 610

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The pH-Responsive Transcription Factor PacC Governs Pathogenicity and Ochratoxin A Biosynthesis in Aspergillus carbonarius

Omer Barda, Uriel Maor, Sudharsan Sadhasivam, Yang Bi, Varda Zakin, Dov Prusky, Edward Sionov (2020)

Frontiers in Microbiology, 11, 210

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Synergistic Inhibition of Mycotoxigenic Fungi and Mycotoxin Production by Combination of Pomegranate Peel Extract and Azole Fungicide

Sudharsan Sadhasivam, Orr H Shapiro, Carmit Ziv, Omer Barda, Varda Zakin, Edward Sionov (2019)

Frontiers in Microbiology, 10, 1919

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Identification and Toxigenic Potential of Fungi Isolated from Capsicum Peppers

Gabriel Kojo Frimpong, Adedotun Adeyinka Adekunle, Oluwatoyin Temitayo Ogundipe, Manoj Kumar Solanki, Sudharsan Sadhasivam, Edward Sionov (2019)

Microorganisms, 7(9), 303

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Pulmonary Iron Limitation Induced by Exogenous Type I IFN Protects Mice from Cryptococcus gattii Independently of T Cells

Michael J Davis, Shannon Moyer, Elizabeth S Hoke, Edward Sionov, Katrin D Mayer-Barber, Dan L Barber, Hongyi Cai, Lisa Jenkins, Peter J Walter, Yun C Chang, Kyung J Kwon-Chung (2019)

mBio, 10(3), e00799-19

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Shifts in the Composition of the Microbiota of Stored Wheat Grains in Response to Fumigation

Manoj Kumar Solanki, Ahmed Abdelfattah, Malka Britzi, Varda Zakin, Michael Wisniewski, Samir Droby, Edward Sionov (2019)

Frontiers in Microbiology, 10, 1098

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Apple Intrinsic Factors Modulating the Global Regulator, LaeA, the Patulin Gene Cluster and Patulin Accumulation During Fruit Colonization by Penicillium expansum

Dilip Kumar, Joanna Tannous, Edward Sionov, Nancy Keller, Dov Prusky (2018)

Frontiers in Plant Science, 9, 1094

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Fungal attack and host defence pathways unveiled in near-avirulent interactions of Penicillium expansum creA mutants on apples

Joanna Tannous, Dilip Kumar, Noa Sela, Edward Sionov, Dov Prusky, Nancy P Keller (2018)

Molecular Plant Pathology, 19(12), 2635-2650

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Roles of Three Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii Efflux Pump-Coding Genes in Response to Drug Treatment

Miwha Chang, Edward Sionov, Ami Khanal Lamichhane, Kyung J Kwon-Chung, Yun C Chang (2018)

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 62(4), e01751-17

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The effect of ambient pH modulation on ochratoxin A accumulation by Aspergillus carbonarius

Uriel Maor, Sudharsan Sadhasivam, Varda Zakin, Dov B. Prusky, Edward Sionov (2017)

World Mycotoxin Journal, 10(4), 339-348

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Rapid Detection and Identification of Mycotoxigenic Fungi and Mycotoxins in Stored Wheat Grain

Sudharsan Sadhasivam, Malka Britzi, Varda Zakin, Moshe Kostyukovsky, Anatoly Trostanetsky, Elazar Quinn, Edward Sionov (2017)

Toxins, 9(10), 302

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Does the Host Contribute to Modulation of Mycotoxin Production by Fruit Pathogens?

Dilip Kumar, Shiri Barad, Edward Sionov, Nancy P Keller, Dov B Prusky (2017)

Toxins, 9(9), 280

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​Type I IFN Induction via Poly-ICLC Protects Mice against Cryptococcosis

Edward Sionov, Katrin D Mayer-Barber, Yun C Chang, Keith D Kauffman, Michael A Eckhaus, Andres M Salazar, Daniel L Barber, Kyung J Kwon-Chung (2015)

PLoS Pathogens, 11(8), e1005040

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Recognition of seven species in the Cryptococcus gattii/Cryptococcus neoformans species complex

Ferry Hagen, Kantarawee Khayhan, Bart Theelen, Anna Kolecka, Itzhack Polacheck, Edward Sionov, Rama Falk, Sittiporn Parnmen, H Thorsten Lumbsch, Teun Boekhout (2015)

Fungal Genetics and Biology, 78, 16-48

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Activity, Reduced Toxicity, and Scale-Up Synthesis of Amphotericin B-Conjugated Polysaccharide

Diana E Ickowicz, Shimon Farber, Edward Sionov, Sarah Kagan, Amnon Hoffman, Itzhack Polacheck, Abraham J Domb (2014)

Biomacromolecules, 15(6), 2079-2089

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Anti-Candida albicans biofilm effect of novel heterocyclic compounds

Sarah Kagan, Adel Jabbour, Edward Sionov, Abed A Alquntar, Doron Steinberg, Morris Srebnik, Ran Nir-Paz, Aryeh Weiss, Itzhack Polacheck (2014)

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 69(2), 416-427

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Azole Heteroresistance in Cryptococcus neoformans: Emergence of Resistant Clones with Chromosomal Disomy in the Mouse Brain during Fluconazole Treatment

Edward Sionov, Yun C Chang, Kyung J Kwon-Chung (2013)

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 57(10), 5127-5130

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Toxicity Mechanisms of Amphotericin B and Its Neutralization by Conjugation with Arabinogalactan

Sarah Kagan, Diana Ickowicz, Miriam Shmuel, Yoram Altschuler, Edward Sionov, Miriam Pitusi, Aryeh Weiss, Shimon Farber, Abraham J Domb, Itzhack Polacheck (2012)

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 56(11), 5603-5611

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The Primary Target Organ of Cryptococcus gattii Is Different from That of Cryptococcus neoformans in a Murine Model

Popchai Ngamskulrungroj, Yun Chang, Edward Sionov, Kyung J Kwon-Chung (2012)

mBio, 56(11), 3(3), e00103-12

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Identification of a Cryptococcus neoformans Cytochrome P450 Lanosterol 14α-Demethylase (Erg11) Residue Critical for Differential Susceptibility between Fluconazole/Voriconazole and Itraconazole/Posaconazole

Edward Sionov, Yun C Chang, H Martin Garraffo, Michael A Dolan, Mahmoud A Ghannoum, Kyung J Kwon-Chung (2012)

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 56(3), 1162-1169

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Prevalence of the VNIc genotype of Cryptococcus neoformans in non-HIV-associated cryptococcosis in the Republic of Korea

Young Hwa Choi, Popchai Ngamskulrungroj, Ashok Varma, Edward Sionov, Soo Myung Hwang, Fabian Carriconde, Wieland Meyer, Anastasia P Litvintseva, Wee Gyo Lee, Jong Hee Shin, Eui-Chong Kim, Kyung Won Lee, Tae Yeal Choi, Yeong Seon Lee, Kyung J Kwon-Chung (2010)

FEMS Yeast Research, 10(6), 769-778

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Cryptococcus neoformans Overcomes Stress of Azole Drugs by Formation of Disomy in Specific Multiple Chromosomes

Edward Sionov, Hyeseung Lee, Yun C Chang, Kyung J Kwon-Chung (2010)

PLoS Pathogens, 6(4), e1000848

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Induced production of antifungal naphthoquinones in the pitchers of the carnivorous plant Nepenthes khasiana

Haviva Eilenberg, Smadar Pnini-Cohen, Yocheved Rahamim, Edward Sionov, Esther Segal, Shmuel Carmeli, Aviah Zilberstein (2010)

Journal of Experimental Botany, 61(3), 911-922

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The fatal fungal outbreak on Vancouver Island is characterized by enhanced intracellular parasitism driven by mitochondrial regulation

Hansong Ma, Ferry Hagen, Dov J Stekel, Simon A Johnston, Edward Sionov, Rama Falk, Itzhack Polacheck, Teun Boekhout, Robin C May (2009)

PNAS, 106(31), 12980-12985

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Heteroresistance to Fluconazole in Cryptococcus neoformans Is Intrinsic and Associated with Virulence

Edward Sionov, Yun C Chang, H Martin Garraffo, Kyung J Kwon-Chung (2009)

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 53(7), 2804-8215

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Synthesis and Antifungal Activity of a Novel Series of Alkyldimethylamine Cyanoboranes and Their Derivatives

Khuloud Takrouri, Gal Oren, Itzhack Polacheck, Edward Sionov, Eli Shalom, Jehoshua Katzhendler, Morris Srebnik (2006)

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 49(16), 4879-4885

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Efficacy of amphotericin B or amphotericin B–intralipid in combination with caspofungin against experimental aspergillosis

Edward Sionov, Sonia Mendlovic, Esther Segal (2006)

Journal of Infection, 53(2), 131-139

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Experimental systemic murine aspergillosis: treatment with polyene and caspofungin combination and G-CSF

Edward Sionov, Sonia Mendlovic, Esther Segal (2005)

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 56(3), 594-597

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Antifungal effect and possible mode of activity of a compound from the marine sponge Dysidea herbacea

Edward Sionov, Dalit Roth, Hana Sandovsky-Losica, Yoel Kashman, Amira Rudi, Liat Chill, Israela Berdicevsky, Esther Segal (2005)

Journal of Infection, 50(5), 453-460

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Treatment of murine systemic aspergillosis with polyene-intralipid admixtures

Edward Sionov, Esther Segal (2004)

Medical Mycology, 42(1), 73-80

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Polyene and cytokine treatment of experimental aspergillosis

Edward Sionov, Esther Segal (2003)

FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology, 39(3), 221-7

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