Deciphering the fungus-host-microbiota interplay
to improve the management of fungal infections

From 10/21/2019 to 10/25/2019
Event location : HKI, Jena, Germany

Candida albicans colonies alkalinize their environment and produces hyphae
- except in close proximity to each other (Citation: The novel Candida albicans
transporter Dur31 Is a multi-stage pathogenicity factor.
Mayer FL, Wilson D, Jacobsen ID, Miramón P, Große K, Hube B. PLoS Pathog.
2012;8(3):e1002592.)

Candida albicans yeast and hyphae colonizing oral epithelial cells.

Candida albicans hyphae endocytosed by oral epithelial cells
(Citation: Oral epithelial cells orchestrate innate type 17 responses to
Candida albicans through the virulence factor candidalysin. Verma AH,
Richardson JP, Zhou C, Coleman BM, Moyes DL, Ho J, Huppler AR, Ramani K,
McGeachy MJ, Mufazalov IA, Waisman A, Kane LP, Biswas PS, Hube B, Naglik JR,
Gaffen SL. Sci Immunol. 2017 Nov 3;2(17).pii: eaam8834.)

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