Topics Covered
- Immune recognition of fungi
- Fungal infections are serious challenges in the clinic
- The innate immune system has a pre-eminent role in containing fungal infection
- Cell wall mutants of Candida can be used to help discover the nature of the recognition mechanisms
- Combining pattern recognition mechanisms can greatly amplify immune response
- Candida mannan in recognition, phagocytosis and activation of immune responses
- Candida chitin importance in cell wall integrity and immune responses
- Candida albicans yeast-hypha morphogenesis: activation and resistance to immune responses
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Talk Citation
Gow, N. (2012, July 9). The taste of a fungus: recognition of Candida by the innate immune system [Video file]. In
The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection, Henry Stewart Talks. Retrieved May 18, 2022, from
https://hstalks.com/bs/2354/.
Publication History
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Published on July 9, 2012
Financial Disclosures
- Prof. Neil Gow has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.