Candidalysin is a fungal peptide toxin critical for mucosal infection

Nature

Volumn 532, Issue 7597, 2016, Pages 64-68

  Moyes, David L ^a   Wilson, Duncan ^b,j   Richardson, Jonathan P ^a   Mogavero, Selene ^b   Tang, Shirley X ^a   Wernecke, Julia ^c,d   Höfs, Sarah ^b   Gratacap, Remi L ^a   Robbins, Jon ^a   Runglall, Manohursingh ^a,k   Murciano, Celia ^a,l   Blagojevic, Mariana ^a   Thavaraj, Selvam ^a   Förster, Toni M ^b   Hebecker, Betty ^b   Kasper, Lydia ^b   Vizcay, Gema ^a   Iancu, Simona I ^a   Kichik, Nessim ^a,f   Häder, Antje ^g   Kurzai, Oliver ^g   Luo, Ting ^b   Krüger, Thomas ^b   Kniemeyer, Olaf ^b   Cota, Ernesto ^f   Bader, Oliver ^h   Wheeler, Robert T ^e   Gutsmann, Thomas ^c   Hube, Bernhard ^b,g,i   Naglik, Julian R ^a   more..

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^d DESY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

ⁱ Center of Sepsis Control and Care   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^k GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CANDIDALYSIN; CORTISONE ACETATE; MYCOTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CYTOTOXIN; ECE1 PROTEIN, CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGAL PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; FUNGUS; HOST SPECIFICITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; PATHOGEN; PEPTIDE; RECOGNITION; TOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FUNGAL STRAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OROPHARYNX CANDIDIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUCOSA; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; SECRETION (PROCESS); SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

CALCIUM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CYTOTOXINS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; MYCOTOXINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84963537211     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature17625     Document Type: Article

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