title: How fungi have shaped our understanding of mammalian immunology.
abstract: Research into the interaction of fungi with the host has provided significant contributions to mammalian immunology. Here, I briefly review the most notable of these contributions, starting from the time of Metchnikoff, and highlight their impact on our understanding of immunity.
authors.affiliation: Aberdeen Fungal Group, Section of Immunology and Infection, Division of Applied Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, Foresterhill, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB252ZD, UK. gordon.brown@abdn.ac.uk
authors.forename: Gordon D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D000486:Allergy and Immunology / Q000266:history*; D000818:Animals; D005658:Fungi / Q000276:immunology*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions; D006801:Humans