title: Mushrooming insights into skin dendritic cell physiology.
abstract: Mechanisms responsible for protective immunity against epicutaneous Candida infections are incompletely characterized. In this issue of Immunity, Kashem et al. demonstrate that different Candida life forms engage selected skin dendritic cell subsets in distinct compartments, resulting in qualitatively different immune responses.
authors.affiliation: Dermatology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. Electronic address: keisuke.nagao@nih.gov.
authors.forename: Keisuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nagao
authors.affiliation: Dermatology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. Electronic address: udeym@mail.nih.gov.
authors.forename: Mark C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Udey
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002178:Candidiasis, Chronic Mucocutaneous / Q000276:immunology*; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000276:immunology*; D003713:Dendritic Cells / Q000276:immunology*; D058504:Th17 Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000276:immunology*