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A Role for Yeast/Pseudohyphal Cells of Candida albicans in the Correlated Expression of NLRP3 Inflammasome Inducers in Women With Acute Vulvovaginal Candidiasis
15 Nov 2019
Abstract excerpt
In acute vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC), the fungus Candida albicans activates inflammasome receptors of vaginal epithelial cells through the production of virulence and immuno-inflammatory factors. Here we show thatin VVC patients, genes encoding some of the above factors (SAP2, SAP5, SAP6, ECE1 and HWP1) are expressedin a correlated fashion. Cytological observations pointed out that pseudo-hyphal filaments with...
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