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Interaction of Candida albicans with host cells: virulence factors, host defense, escape strategies, and the microbiota
26 Feb 2016
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The interaction between Candida albicans and its host cells is characterized by a complex interplay between the expression of fungal virulence factors, which results in adherence, invasion and cell damage, and the host immune system, which responds by secreting proinflammatory cytokines, activating antimicrobial activities and killing the fungal pathogen. In this review we describe this interplay by taking a...
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