The mycobiota: interactions between commensal fungi and the host immune system. Review uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • The body is host to a wide variety of microbial communities from which the immune system protects us and that are important for the normal development of the immune system and for the maintenance of healthy tissues and physiological processes. Investigators have mostly focused on the bacterial members of these communities, but fungi are increasingly being recognized to have a role in defining these communities and to interact with immune cells. In this Review, we discuss what is currently known about the makeup of fungal communities in the body and the features of the immune system that are particularly important for interacting with fungi at these sites.

publication date

  • June 1, 2014

Research

keywords

  • Fungi
  • Host-Pathogen Interactions
  • Immune System
  • Microbiota
  • Mycoses
  • Symbiosis

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC4332855

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 84901296354

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1038/nri3684

PubMed ID

  • 24854590

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 14

issue

  • 6