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- Title
Innate immunity: A protective fungal spore coat.
- Authors
van Ooij, Christiaan
- Abstract
The article discusses a study on surface hydrophobin (RodA) that forms the layer around fungal spores (the conidia). It references the study "Surface hydrophobin prevents immune recognition of airborne fungal spores," by V. Aimanianda and colleagues in the 2009 issue of "Nature." It states that RodA protects the conidia by preventing their recognition by dendritic cells (DCs) and the accompanying immune response, which benefits both the host and the fungus.
- Subjects
CONIDIA; DENDRITIC cells; HYDROPHOBINS; HOST-fungus relationships; IMMUNE response; IMMUNE system physiology
- Publication
Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2009, Vol 7, Issue 10, p690
- ISSN
1740-1526
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/nrmicro2228