Immunity and tolerance to fungi in hematopoietic transplantation: Principles and perspectives

Immunity and tolerance to fungi in hematopoietic transplantation: Principles and perspectives

Resistance and tolerance are two complementary host defence mechanism that increase fitness in response to low-virulence fungi. Resistance is meant to reduce pathogen burden during infection through innate and adaptive immune mechanisms, whereas tolerance mitigate the substantial cost of resistance...

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Main Authors: Agostinho eCarvalho, Cristina eCunha, Silvia eBozza, Silvia eMoretti, Cristina eMassi-Benedetti, Francesco eBistoni, Franco eAversa, Luigina eRomani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
Subjects:
tolerance
IDO
Fungal infections
Resistance
Single nucleotide polymorphism
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2012.00156/full

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