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Micafungin Elicits an Immunomodulatory Effect in Galleria mellonella and Mice

The echinocandin family of drugs is well characterized for antifungal function that inhibits β-d-glucan synthesis. The aim of this work was to study whether micafungin, a member of the echinocandin family, elicits additional activities that prime the host’s immune response. We found that in a Galler...

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Autores principales: Fuchs, Beth Burgwyn, Li, Yan, Li, Dedong, Johnston, Tatiana, Hendricks, Gabriel, Li, Gang, Rajamuthiah, Rajmohan, Mylonakis, Eleftherios
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Netherlands 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4676791/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26384671
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11046-015-9940-z