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Inflammatory monocytes mediate early and organ-specific innate defense during systemic candidiasis.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2014
Ngo Lisa Y, Kasahara Shinji, Kumasaka Debra K, Knoblaugh Sue E, Jhingran Anupam, Hohl Tobias M
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Candida albicans is a commensal fungus that can cause systemic disease in patients with breaches in mucosal integrity, indwelling catheters, and defects in phagocyte function. Although circulating human and murine monocytes bind C. albicans and promote inflammation, it remains unclear whether C-C...
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