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Antifungal Immunity Collection

Published September 28, 2020 Calls for Papers Collections

In this PLOS collection featuring research from PLOS Pathogens, we highlight research on fungal pathogenesis and its interactions with immunity. These studies explore human, animal and plant fungal immunity, and investigate interactions between fungal pathogenesis and host immunity.

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Speaking of Medicine PLOS Pathogens Invites Antifungal Immunity Research
January 7, 2019 PLOS Pathogens discusses the new calls for papers in this blog post.

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PLOS Pathogens Harnessing antifungal immunity in pursuit of a Staphylococcus aureus vaccine strategy
August 20, 2020 Marissa J. Paterson, JR Caldera, Christopher Nguyen, Purnima Sharma, Anthony M. Castro, Stacey L. Kolar, Chih-Ming Tsai, Jose J. Limon, Courtney A. Becker, Gislâine A. Martins, George Y. Liu, David M. Underhill
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10.1371/journal.ppat.1007927

PLOS Pathogens Mannan detecting C-type lectin receptor probes recognise immune epitopes with diverse chemical, spatial and phylogenetic heterogeneity in fungal cell walls
January 30, 2020 Ingrida Vendele, Janet A. Willment, Lisete M. Silva, Angelina S. Palma, Wengang Chai, Yan Liu, Ten Feizi, Maria Spyrou, Mark H. T. Stappers, Gordon D. Brown, Neil A. R. Gow
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10.1371/journal.ppat.1007780

PLOS Pathogens A dispensable paralog of succinate dehydrogenase subunit C mediates standing resistance towards a subclass of SDHI fungicides in Zymoseptoria tritici
December 20, 2019 Diana Steinhauer, Marie Salat, Regula Frey, Andreas Mosbach, Torsten Luksch, Dirk Balmer, Rasmus Hansen, Stephanie Widdison, Grace Logan, Robert A. Dietrich, Gert H. J. Kema, Stephane Bieri, Helge Sierotzki, Stefano F. F. Torriani, Gabriel Scalliet
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10.1371/journal.ppat.1007692

PLOS Pathogens Multi-omics characterization of the necrotrophic mycoparasite Saccharomycopsis schoenii
May 9, 2019 Klara Junker, Anna Chailyan, Ana Hesselbart, Jochen Forster, Jürgen Wendland
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10.1371/journal.ppat.1008115

PLOS Pathogens IL-23 supports host defense against systemic Candida albicans infection by ensuring myeloid cell survival
December 30, 2019 Selim Nur, Florian Sparber, Christina Lemberg, Eva Guiducci, Tiziano A. Schweizer, Pascale Zwicky, Burkhard Becher, Salomé LeibundGut-Landmann
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10.1371/journal.pbio.0040427

PLOS Pathogens Viral infection triggers interferon-induced expulsion of live Cryptococcus neoformans by macrophages
February 27, 2020 Paula I. Seoane, Leanne M. Taylor-Smith, David Stirling, Lucy C. K. Bell, Mahdad Noursadeghi, Dalan Bailey, Robin C. May

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10.1371/journal.ppat.1006568

PLOS Pathogens Ligation of Dectin-2 with a novel microbial ligand promotes adjuvant activity for vaccination
August 9, 2017 Huafeng Wang, Taek-Jin Lee, Scott J. Fites, Richard Merkhofer, Robert Zarnowski, Tristan Brandhorst, Kevin Galles, Bruce Klein, Marcel Wüthrich
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10.1371/journal.ppat.1005555

PLOS Pathogens FleA Expression in Aspergillus fumigatus Is Recognized by Fucosylated Structures on Mucins and Macrophages to Prevent Lung Infection
April 8, 2016 Sheena C. Kerr, Gregory J. Fischer, Meenal Sinha, Orla McCabe, Jonathan M. Palmer, Tsokyi Choera, Fang Yun Lim, Michaela Wimmerova, Stephen D. Carrington, Shaopeng Yuan, Clifford A. Lowell, Stefan Oscarson, Nancy P. Keller, John V. Fahy
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10.1371/journal.ppat.1007073

PLOS Pathogens An unappreciated role for neutrophil-DC hybrids in immunity to invasive fungal infections
May 21, 2018 J. Scott Fites, Michael Gui, John F. Kernien, Paige Negoro, Zeina Dagher, David B. Sykes, Jeniel E. Nett, Michael K. Mansour, Bruce S. Klein
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10.1371/journal.ppat.1005293

PLOS Pathogens CARD9-Dependent Neutrophil Recruitment Protects against Fungal Invasion of the Central Nervous System
December 17, 2015 Rebecca A. Drummond, Amanda L. Collar, Muthulekha Swamydas, Carlos A. Rodriguez, Jean K. Lim, Laura M. Mendez, Danielle L. Fink, Amy P. Hsu, Bing Zhai, Hatice Karauzum, Constantinos M. Mikelis, Stacey R. Rose, Elise M. N. Ferre, Lynne Yockey, Kimberly Lemberg, Hye Sun Kuehn, Sergio D. Rosenzweig, Xin Lin, Prashant Chittiboina, Sandip K. Datta, Thomas H. Belhorn, Eric T. Weimer, Michelle L. Hernandez, Tobias M. Hohl, Douglas B. Kuhns, Michail S. Lionakis

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