Interactions of fungi with phagocytes.
Recent advances have broadened our knowledge of the unique role that dendritic cells, macrophages and neutrophils play in protecting the host against fungal infections and the mechanisms by which fungal pathogens attempt to subvert phagocytic defenses. In this article, the interplay between phagocytes and fungi is reviewed.
Mansour
Michael K
MK
The Department of Microbiology and the Immunology Training Program, Boston University School of Medicine, Room X626, 650 Albany Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA. mansour@bu.edu
Levitz
Stuart M
SM
D000818:Animals; D003713:Dendritic Cells / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D005658:Fungi / Q000276:immunology / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D006801:Humans; D008264:Macrophages / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D051379:Mice; D009181:Mycoses / Q000276:immunology*; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D010586:Phagocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D010587:Phagocytosis