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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
Innate defense against fungal pathogens
Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine, Volume 5, No. 6, Year 2015
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Human fungal infections have been on the rise in recent years and proved increasingly difficult to treat as a result of the lack of diagnostics, effective antifungal therapies, and vaccines. Most pathogenic fungi do not cause disease unless there is a disturbance in immune homeostasis, which can be caused by modern medical interventions, disease-induced immunosuppression, and naturally occurring human mutations. The innate immune system is well equipped to recognize and destroy pathogenic fungi through specialized cells expressing a broad range of pattern recognition receptors (PRRs). This review will outline the cells and PRRs required for effective antifungal immunity, with a special focus on the major antifungal cytokine IL-17 and recently characterized antifungal inflammasomes. © 2015 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press; all rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Drummond, Rebecca A.
United Kingdom, Aberdeen
University of Aberdeen
Hise, Amy G.
United States, Cleveland
Case Western Reserve University
United States, Cleveland
Louis Stokes Cleveland va Medical Center
Brown, Gordon D.A.
United Kingdom, Aberdeen
University of Aberdeen
Statistics
Citations: 71
Authors: 3
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1101/cshperspect.a019620
ISSN:
21571422