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“Of the 2359 genes that were differentially expressed under conditions of cotreatment, 50% were found to be driven uniquely by exposure to both Cu and fluconazole.”
“We recently showed that copper supplementation potentiates the activity of the azole antifungal fluconazole against the opportunistic fungal pathogen C. albicans.”
“Our additional demonstration that fluconazole enhances copper toxicity for M. canis suggests that inhibition of metallothionein expression by fluconazole is biologically relevant and may represent an important additional mode of the antifungal action of this drug.”