ImmunologybioRxivPreprint
Candida albicans promotes neutrophil extracellular trap formation and leukotoxic hypercitrullination via the peptide toxin candidalysin.
L. Unger, E. Backman, S. Yellagunda…·C. F. Urban
This study shows candidalysin from C. albicans hyphae promotes both NETs and NLS, which together inhibit fungal growth and explain conflicting findings on ROS dependence in neutrophil responses.
DOI 10.1101/2022.10.13.512027