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Candida albicans Uses the Surface Protein Gpm1 to Attach to Human Endothelial Cells and to Keratinocytes via the Adhesive Protein Vitronectin

Candida albicans is a major cause of invasive fungal infections worldwide. Upon infection and when in contact with human plasma as well as body fluids the fungus is challenged by the activated complement system a central part of the human innate immune response. C. albicans controls and evades host...

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Autores principales: Lopez, Crisanto M., Wallich, Reinhard, Riesbeck, Kristian, Skerka, Christine, Zipfel, Peter F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3953207/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24625558
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0090796