Journal
VACCINES
Volume 8, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/vaccines8020303
Keywords
innate immunity; receptors; fungi; pathogenic fungi; microbial immunity; CLR; TLR
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- University of California [MRP-17-454959, VFR-19-633952]
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The innate immune system is critical for natural resistance to all pathogenic microorganisms, including fungi. The innate response plays a vital role in resistance to infections before the antigen-specific immune response and also influences antigen-specific adaptive immunity. There are many different receptors for the innate immune response to fungi, and some receptors have been found to play a significant role in the response to human infections with opportunistic fungi. Most human infections are caused by opportunistic fungi, but a small number of organisms are capable of causing infections in normal hosts. The primary pathogenic fungi that cause invasive infections includeBlastomycesspp.,Cryptococcus gattii,Coccidioidesspp.,Histoplasmaspp., andParacoccidioidesspp. In this review of innate immune receptors that play a role in infections caused by these organisms, we find that innate immunity differs between organisms.
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