Impaired Specific Antifungal Immunity in CARD9-Deficient Patients with Phaeohyphomycosis
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Fungal infections are affecting an increasing number of people, and the failure of current therapies in treating systemic infection has resulted in an unacceptably high mortality rate. It is therefore of importance that we understand immune mechanisms operating during fungal infections, in order to facilitate development of adjunctive immunotherapies for the treatment of these diseases. C-type ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Investigative Dermatology
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0022-202X
DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2017.10.009