Pathogen and host factors are needed to provoke a systemic host response to gastrointestinal infection of Drosophila larvae by Candida albicans
SUMMARY Candida albicans systemic dissemination in immunocompromised patients is thought to develop from initial gastrointestinal (GI) colonisation. It is unclear what components of the innate immune system are necessary for preventing C. albicans dissemination from the GI tract, but studies in mice...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Company of Biologists
2011-07-01
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| Series: | Disease Models & Mechanisms |
| Online Access: | http://dmm.biologists.org/content/4/4/515 |