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Fungal dissemination is limited by liver macrophage filtration of the blood

Authors :
Donglei Sun
Peng Sun
Hongmei Li
Mingshun Zhang
Gongguan Liu
Ashley B. Strickland
Yanli Chen
Yong Fu
Juan Xu
Mohammed Yosri
Yuchen Nan
Hong Zhou
Xiquan Zhang
Meiqing Shi
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2019)
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2019.

Abstract

Patients with liver diseases are at increased risk of fungal infections. Here the authors show that Kupffer cells are critical for the filtration of fungi out of the blood and thereby for liver-mediated protection against disseminating fungal infection.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
10
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.3391e8a2cfc74237befa72af3155d7c0
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12381-5