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Host-microbe interactions in stem cell transplantation: recognizing Candida in infection and inflammation.
Virulence - 1 Jan 2000
van der Velden Walter J F M, Plantinga Theo S, Donnelly J Peter, Kullberg Bart-Jan, Blijlevens Nicole M A, Netea Mihai G
Abstract excerpt
Host-pathogen interactions at epithelial barriers play an important role in health and disease. This also applies to the clinical setting of stem cell transplantation (SCT) in which deregulated sensing of microbes and their cell wall components by pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) can contribute to inflammatory and infectious complications. The role of Candida species herein has recently been rediscovered...
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