title: Immunology of oral candidiasis.
abstract: A successful pathogen is one that is able to effectively survive and evade detection by the host immune defense. Oral candidiasis has adopted strategies, which evade host defense and eventually cause disease in at-risk patients. Host defense against infections with Candida spp. depends on rapid activation of an acute inflammatory response by innate immunity, followed by an incremental stimulation of specific immune responses mediated by T-cells (cellular immunity) or B-cells (humoral immunity). Understanding these complex pathways of immune evasion can potentially contribute to the development of novel therapeutic strategies against oral candidiasis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Vivekanandha Dental College for Women, Tiruchengode, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Janardhanam
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dineshshankar
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Madha Dental College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Muniapillai
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sivakumar
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Madha Dental College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karthikeyan
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Madha Dental College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Udayakumar
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Madha Dental College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: K T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Shanmugam
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Madha Dental College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kesavan
keywords: Cellular immunity; humoral immunity; oral candidiasis