Human neutrophils produce antifungal extracellular vesicles against Aspergillus fumigatus
I. A. Shopova, I. Belyaev, P. Dasari, S. Jahreis, M. C. Stroe, Z. Cseresnyes, A.-K. Zimmermann, A. Medyukhina, C.-M. Svensson, T. Krueger, V. Szeifert, S. Nietzsche, T. Conrad, M. G. Blango, O. Kniemeyer, , A. A. Brakhage
This study identifies antifungal extracellular vesicles (afEVs) released by human neutrophils in response to Aspergillus fumigatus, which associate with fungal cells and reduce growth through antimicrobial cargo.
bioRxiv · Dec 24, 2019Microbiology