title: Candida albicans interactions with epithelial cells and mucosal immunity.
abstract: Candida albicans interactions with epithelial cells are critical for commensal growth, fungal pathogenicity and host defence. This review will outline our current understanding of C. albicans-epithelial interactions and will discuss how this may lead to the induction of a protective mucosal immune response.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Immunology, King's College London Dental Institute, King's College London, London SE1 9RT, United Kingdom. julian.naglik@kcl.ac.uk
authors.forename: Julian R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Naglik
authors.forename: David L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Moyes
authors.forename: Betty
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wächtler
authors.forename: Bernhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hube
mesh_terms: D002176:Candida albicans / Q000254:growth & development / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000502:physiology*; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology; D004705:Endocytosis; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions; D006801:Humans; D018928:Immunity, Mucosal / Q000276:immunology