 Malassezia
"Malassezia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A mitosporic fungal genus that causes a variety of skin disorders. Malassezia furfur (Pityrosporum orbiculare) causes TINEA VERSICOLOR.
| Descriptor ID |
D008290
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.300.381.522 B01.300.930.574
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| Concept/Terms |
Malassezia- Malassezia
- Malassezias
- Pityrosporum
- Pityrosporums
Malassezia furfur- Malassezia furfur
- Malassezia furfurs
- furfur, Malassezia
- Pityrosporum orbiculare
- Pityrosporum orbiculares
- orbiculares, Pityrosporum
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| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Malassezia" by people in Profiles.
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Cohen S, Horswill AR, Doran KS. Skin mycobiome: Fungi drive colonization resistance in an already hostile environment. Curr Biol. 2025 May 19; 35(10):R396-R398.
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Juhola J, Brennan E, Ferguson EA, Loeffler A, Hendricks A, Frosini SM, Chang YM, Bond R. Fungal dysbiosis following antibacterial monotherapy in canine otitis externa. J Small Anim Pract. 2025 03; 66(3):149-157.
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Urbaniak C, Morrison MD, Thissen JB, Karouia F, Smith DJ, Mehta S, Jaing C, Venkateswaran K. Microbial Tracking-2, a metagenomics analysis of bacteria and fungi onboard the International Space Station. Microbiome. 2022 06 29; 10(1):100.
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Ianiri G, Coelho MA, Ruchti F, Sparber F, McMahon TJ, Fu C, Bolejack M, Donovan O, Smutney H, Myler P, Dietrich F, Fox D, LeibundGut-Landmann S, Heitman J. HGT in the human and skin commensal Malassezia: A bacterially derived flavohemoglobin is required for NO resistance and host interaction. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 07 07; 117(27):15884-15894.
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Noss I, Ozment TR, Graves BM, Kruppa MD, Rice PJ, Williams DL. Cellular and molecular mechanisms of fungal ?-(1?6)-glucan in macrophages. Innate Immun. 2015 Oct; 21(7):759-69.
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Ryu S, Choi SY, Acharya S, Chun YJ, Gurley C, Park Y, Armstrong CA, Song PI, Kim BJ. Antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory effects of Cecropin A(1-8)-Magainin2(1-12) hybrid peptide analog p5 against Malassezia furfur infection in human keratinocytes. J Invest Dermatol. 2011 Aug; 131(8):1677-83.
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