Candida albicans promotes self-adhesion and tumor cell progression of colorectal cancer cells.
Janet F. Staab, Olivia K. A. Paulin, Julian R. Naglik, Nicholas C. Zachos
This study shows that Candida albicans promotes colorectal cancer progression through two mechanisms: a candidalysin-TG2-Hwp1 axis and TG2-independent epithelial plasticity and migration.