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Agaricus brasiliensis polysaccharides stimulate human monocytes to capture Candida albicans, express toll-like receptors 2 and 4, and produce pro-inflammatory cytokines

BACKGROUND: Agaricus brasiliensis is a medicinal mushroom with immunomodulatory and antitumor activities attributed to the β-glucans presented in the polysaccharide fraction of its fruiting body. Since β-glucans enhance cellular immunoresponsiveness, in this study we aimed to evaluate the effect of...

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Autores principales: Martins, Priscila Raquel, de Campos Soares, Ângela Maria Victoriano, da Silva Pinto Domeneghini, Andrea Vanessa, Golim, Márjorie Assis, Kaneno, Ramon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5364684/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28344593
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40409-017-0102-2