Non-lytic expulsion/exocytosis of Candida albicans from macrophages

Candida albicans is an opportunistic pathogen and is recognised and phagocytosed by macrophages. Using live-cell imaging, non-lytic expulsion/exocytosis of C. albicans from macrophages is demonstrated for the first time. Following complete expulsion, both the phagocyte and pathogen remain intact and...

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Main Authors: Bain, Judith M., Lewis, Leanne E., Okai, Blessing, Quinn, Janet, Gow, Neil A.R., Erwig, Lars-Peter
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Academic Press 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3430864/