<italic toggle="yes">Candida albicans</italic> Chitin Increases Arginase-1 Activity in Human Macrophages, with an Impact on Macrophage Antimicrobial Functions
ABSTRACT The opportunistic human fungal pathogen Candida albicans can cause a variety of diseases, ranging from superficial mucosal infections to life-threatening systemic infections. Phagocytic cells of the innate immune response, such as neutrophils and macrophages, are important first-line respon...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2017-03-01
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| Series: | mBio |
| Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.01820-16 |