Toll-like receptor 4 and macrophage scavenger receptor 1 crosstalk regulates phagocytosis of a fungal pathogen

Abstract The opportunistic fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans causes lethal infections in immunocompromised patients. Macrophages are central to the host response to cryptococci; however, it is unclear how C. neoformans is recognised and phagocytosed by macrophages. Here we investigate the role...

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Main Authors: Chinaemerem U. Onyishi, Guillaume E. Desanti, Alex L. Wilkinson, Samuel Lara-Reyna, Eva-Maria Frickel, Gyorgy Fejer, Olivier D. Christophe, Clare E. Bryant, Subhankar Mukhopadhyay, Siamon Gordon, Robin C. May
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-40635-w

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