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Immunological Moieties of the Cell Wall

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Candida Albicans

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Candida albicans possesses several molecules or molecular complexes in its cell wall which have the potential of great impact on the host. The microorganism has an ecological niche in warm-blooded animals and is an ordinary human commensal [52]. In the majority of healthy human subjects, Candida commensalism is promptly revealed by the presence of appreciable levels of anti-Candida antibodies as well as by a state of T-cell-mediated, delayed-type hypersensitivity response to fungal antigens. Figure 1 schematically outlines the relationship between C. albicans and man.

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Cassone, A., Torosantucci, A. (1991). Immunological Moieties of the Cell Wall. In: Prasad, R. (eds) Candida Albicans. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75253-7_7

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