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. 2018 Mar 26;8:5209. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-21965-y

Figure 8.

Figure 8

Model for HDAC regulation of the main virulence phenotypes in C. neoformans. Cells sense environmental cues (pH, high temperature, stress nutritional etc.) through membrane receptors and a signal is transmitted into the cell. The signal results in an adaptive response that requires chromatin remodeling mediated by the balance between HAT and HDAC activity. HDAC enzymes play a role in the regulation of the expression of all virulence phenotypes shown in the scheme. The loss of HDAC enzymes interferes with the correct adaptive response to environmental signals and impairs virulence factor expression.