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Neil A R Gow1, Frank L van de Veerdonk, Alistair J P Brown, Mihai G Netea.
Abstract
Candida albicans is a common fungal pathogen of humans that colonizes the skin and mucosal surfaces of most healthy individuals. Until recently, little was known about the mechanisms by which mucosal antifungal defences tolerate colonizing C. albicans but react strongly when hyphae of the same microorganism attempt to invade tissue. In this Review, we describe the properties of yeast cells and hyphae that are relevant to their interaction with the host, and the immunological mechanisms that differentially recognize colonizing versus invading C. albicans.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 22158429 PMCID: PMC3624162 DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro2711
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Rev Microbiol ISSN: 1740-1526 Impact factor: 60.633