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Neutrophil Attack Triggers Extracellular Trap-Dependent Candida Cell Wall Remodeling and Altered Immune Recognition

Pathogens hide immunogenic epitopes from the host to evade immunity, persist and cause infection. The opportunistic human fungal pathogen Candida albicans, which can cause fatal disease in immunocompromised patient populations, offers a good example as it masks the inflammatory epitope β-glucan in i...

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Autores principales: Hopke, Alex, Nicke, Nadine, Hidu, Erica E., Degani, Genny, Popolo, Laura, Wheeler, Robert T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4880299/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27223610
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1005644