Mushrooming insights into skin dendritic cell physiology

Mushrooming insights into skin dendritic cell physiology

Mechanisms responsible for protective immunity against epicutaneous Candida infections are incompletely characterized. In this issue of Immunity, Kashem et al. demonstrate that different Candida life forms engage selected skin dendritic cell subsets in distinct compartments, resulting in qualitative...

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Veröffentlicht in:Immunity (Cambridge, Mass.) Mass.), 2015-02, Vol.42 (2), p.210-213
Hauptverfasser: Nagao, Keisuke, Udey, Mark C
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Animals
Antigens
Candida
Candidiasis, Chronic Mucocutaneous - immunology
Cell Differentiation - immunology
Cytokines
Dendritic Cells - immunology
Drug resistance
Fungal infections
Immune system
Mortality
Mutation
T cell receptors
Th17 Cells - cytology
Th17 Cells - immunology
Yeast
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Zusammenfassung:Mechanisms responsible for protective immunity against epicutaneous Candida infections are incompletely characterized. In this issue of Immunity, Kashem et al. demonstrate that different Candida life forms engage selected skin dendritic cell subsets in distinct compartments, resulting in qualitatively different immune responses.
ISSN:1074-7613
1097-4180
DOI:10.1016/j.immuni.2015.01.025