Fungal surface and innate immune recognition of filamentous fungi
The innate immune system performs specific detection of molecules from infectious agents through pattern recognition receptors (PRRs). This recognition triggers inflammatory responses and activation of microbicidal mechanisms by leukocytes. Infections caused by filamentous fungi have increased in in...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2011-12-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Microbiology |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2011.00248/full |