A Novel Immune Evasion Strategy of Candida albicans: Proteolytic Cleavage of a Salivary Antimicrobial Peptide

Oropharyngeal candidiasis is an opportunistic infection considered to be a harbinger of AIDS. The etiologic agent Candida albicans is a fungal species commonly colonizing human mucosal surfaces. However, under conditions of immune dysfunction, colonizing C. albicans can become an opportunistic patho...

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Main Authors: Meiller, Timothy F., Hube, Bernhard, Schild, Lydia, Shirtliff, Mark E., Scheper, Mark A., Winkler, Robert, Ton, Amy, Jabra-Rizk, Mary Ann
Format: Artigo
Sprog:Inglês
Udgivet: Public Library of Science 2009
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Research Article
Online adgang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2661360/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19352427
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0005039
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