Molecular crypsis by pathogenic fungi using human factor H. A numerical model
Stefan N. Lang, Sebastian Germerodt, Christina Glock, Christine Skerka, Peter F. Zipfel, Stefan Schuster
The paper presents a mathematical model of molecular crypsis by pathogenic fungi using human factor H, finding that pathogen abundance relative to host cells determines the success of crypsis and potential autoreactivity.
PLoS ONE · Feb 19, 2019Peer-reviewedSystems Biology