title: Scanning electron microscope observation of adherence of Candida albicans to cultured keratinocytes.
abstract: The role of antigen 6 in the adherence process of Candida albicans serotype A to cultured keratinocytes was examined with a scanning electron microscope. The number of adhered organisms was significantly lower for the antigen 6-deficient mutant strain than for the antigen 6-positive parent strain (P < 0.001). Fibril- or strand-like structures bridging the organisms and the keratinocytes were found to develop during the later stages of adherence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bramono
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tsuboi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Murai
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miyakawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fukazawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ogawa
mesh_terms: D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000502:physiology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006801:Humans; D015603:Keratinocytes / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D008297:Male; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning