Project description:Purpose: Understanding the Mechanism of Action of the Anti-Dandruff Agent Zinc Pyrithione against Malassezia restricta. Methods: The transcriptome profile of the ZPT-treated M. restricta cells compared to that of untreated cells were generated by RNA-Seq using Illumina HiSeq. Generated raw reads that passed quality filters were mapped to the reference genome. Mapped reads were counted by featureCounts in Subread package v1.4.3 and the relative transcript abundance was TPM-normalized. Results: A number of genes were differentially expressed in the ZPT-treated cells, which include genes involved in zinc transporter, mitochondirial function, TCA cycle, electron transport chain and lipase.
Project description:Purpose: Understanding the mechanism of action of lauryl betaine against Cryptococcus neoformans and Malassezia restricta. Methods: The transcriptome profile of the lauryl betaine-treated cells compared to that of untreated cells were generated by RNA-seq Illumina Hiseq. Results: A number of genes were differentially expressed in the lauryl betaine-treated cells, which include genes involved in ergosterol biosynthetic pathway.
Project description:The skin commensal yeast Malassezia is associated with several skin disorders. To establish a reference resource, we sought to determine the complete genome sequence of Malassezia sympodialis and identify its protein-coding genes. A novel genome annotation workflow combining RNA sequencing, proteomics, and manual curation was developed to determine gene structures with high accuracy.
Project description:To understand ketoconazole resistance mechanism in M. restricta, we investigated differentially expressed genes in the azole resistant isolates using transcriptome profile. Transcriptomes of ketoconazole susceptible and resistant M. restricta cells in the absence and precence of ketoconazole were compared and analyzed by RNA sequencing.
Project description:To understand the overall effect of the virus on fungal host, we compared the transcriptomes between virus-infected and virus-cured M. restricta strain by using RNA-Seq.
Project description:Purpose: Understanding the ketoconazole resistance mechanism in Malassezia pachydermatis Methods: The transcriptome profile of the ketoconazole resistant M. pachydermatis KCTC 27587 cells compared to that of ketoconazole sensitive M. pachydermatis CBS 1879 cells were generated by RNA-Seq using Illumina HiSeq. Results: The expressions of genes in the region of quadruplicated chromosome 4 were up-regulated.