title: Protective immune responses to fungal infections.
abstract: The incidence of fungal infections has been on the rise over several decades. Fungal infections threaten animals, plants and humans alike and are thus of significant concern to scientists across disciplines. Over the last decade, significant advances on fungal immunology have lead to a better understanding of important mechanisms of host protection against fungi. In this article, I review recent advances of relevant mechanisms of immune-mediated protection to fungal infections.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics and Center for Immunity and Inflammation, Rutgers, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA.
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rivera
mesh_terms: D056704:Adaptive Immunity / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D005658:Fungi / Q000276:immunology*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000276:immunology; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D009181:Mycoses / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology*
keywords: CD4 T cells; adaptive immunity; innate immunity; innate receptors; lung inflammation; mucosal immunity