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FRONTIERS IN BIOSCIENCE-LANDMARK
Volume 19, Issue -, Pages 1279-1290Publisher
FRONTIERS IN BIOSCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.2741/4281
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Candida albicans; Candidiasis; Infection; IFN-gamma; Review
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- Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad, Spain [SAF2010-18256]
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Candida albicans is the most frequent etiologic agent that causes opportunistic fungal infections called candidiasis, a disease whose systemic manifestation could prove fatal and whose incidence is increasing as a result of an expanding immunocompromised population. Here we review the role of interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) in host protection against invasive candidiasis. This cytokine plays an essential role in both the innate and adaptive arms of the immune response to candidiasis. We focus on recent progress on host-pathogen interactions leading to the production of IFN-gamma by host cells. IFN-gamma is produced by CD4 Th1, CD8, gamma delta T, and natural killer (NK) cells, essentially in response to both IL-12 and/or IL-18; more recently, a subset of C. albicans-specific Th17 cells have been described to produce both IL-17 and IFN-gamma. IFN-gamma plays an important role in the regulation of the immune system as well as in the control of the infectious process, as it is required for optimal activation of phagocytes, collaborates in the generation of protective antibody response, and favors the development of a Th1 protective response.
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