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Don N. Wickramasinghe

Observed name: Wickramasinghe, Don
Observed institution: King's College London
ORCID: 0000-0003-2920-0690
Observed ORCID: 0000-0003-2920-0690
OpenAlex ID: A5081663154
Candidalysins Are a New Family of Cytolytic Fungal Peptide Toxins
2022 · Jonathan P. Richardson, Rhys Brown, et al. · mBio · 79
Candidalysin Is a Potent Trigger of Alarmin and Antimicrobial Peptide Release in Epithelial Cells
2020 · Jemima Ho, Don N. Wickramasinghe, et al. · Cells · 56
Receptor-kinase EGFR-MAPK adaptor proteins mediate the epithelial response to Candida albicans via the cytolytic peptide toxin, candidalysin
2022 · Nicole O. Ponde, Léa Lortal, et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 22
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Candidalysin biology and activation of host cells
2025 · Léa Lortal, Claire M. Lyon, et al. · mBio · 18
Variations in candidalysin amino acid sequence influence toxicity and host responses
2024 · Don N. Wickramasinghe, Claire M. Lyon, et al. · mBio · 13
The combinatorial action of hyphal growth and candidalysin is critical for promoting Candida albicans oropharyngeal infection
2025 · Olivia K. A. Paulin, Antzela Tsavou, et al. · mBio · 6
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IL-1 family signalling drives mucosal defence against systemic Candida albicans infection
2026 · James S. Griffiths, Alexander Kempf, et al. · Nature Microbiology · 1
Candida albicans -induced ubiquitination of EGFR reveals novel host–fungal interaction pathways
2026 · Léa Lortal, James S. Griffiths, et al. · mBio · 1
The IL-1 Family Controls Acute Mucosal Fungal Infection and Mucosal-Systemic Dissemination
2026 · James S. Griffiths, Alexander Kempf, et al. · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Characterisation of Candidalysin Variants and Investigation of Epithelial Responses to Candidalysin Using Genome-Wide CRISPR-Cas9 Screens
· Wickramasinghe, Don · Research Portal (King's College London)
Works count: 10
Citation count: 195
H-index: 6
I10-index: 5
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