The Skin Commensal Yeast Malassezia Triggers a Type 17 Response that Coordinates Anti-fungal Immunity and Exacerbates Skin Inflammation

Cell Host and Microbe

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2019, Pages 389-403.e6

  Sparber, Florian ^a   De Gregorio, Corinne ^b   Steckholzer, Simone ^a   Ferreira, Filipa M ^a   Dolowschiak, Tamas ^a   Ruchti, Fiorella ^a   Kirchner, Florian R ^a   Mertens, Sarah ^a   Prinz, Immo ^c   Joller, Nicole ^a   Buch, Thorsten ^a   Glatz, Martin ^d   Sallusto, Federica ^b,e   LeibundGut Landmann, Salomé ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN BIOMEDICINE   (Switzerland)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

atopic dermatitis; fungal commensalism; inflammation; interleukin 17; interleukin 23; Malassezia; skin immunity; skin microbiota; Th17; T cells

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR6; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 23; CYTOKINE;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMENSALISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS IMMUNITY; HOMEOSTASIS; HOST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA DERMATITIS; MALE; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; TH17 CELL; YEAST; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DISEASE MODEL; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DERMATOMYCOSES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALASSEZIA; MALE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MIDDLE AGED; TH17 CELLS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85062339958     PISSN: 19313128     EISSN: 19346069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2019.02.002     Document Type: Article

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