Abstract
The host response to infection is the outcome of a complex interaction between a microbe and a hosts innate and adaptive immune system. In this context, the role of antibody in the endemic mycoses is relatively poorly understood. Recently, a monoclonal antibody to a cell surface protein has been shown to be protective in a murine histoplasmosis model. The findings with Histoplasma capsulatum may provide a paradigm for antibody protection against endemic fungi. This paper reviews the recent data on protective antibody in histoplasmosis and previous data supporting a role for antibody in protective responses in other dimorphic fungi.
Keywords: histoplasma capsulatum, antibody, pathogenesis
Current Molecular Medicine
Title: Protective Antibodies and Endemic Dimorphic Fungi
Volume: 5 Issue: 4
Author(s): J. D. Nosanchuk
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Keywords: histoplasma capsulatum, antibody, pathogenesis
Abstract: The host response to infection is the outcome of a complex interaction between a microbe and a hosts innate and adaptive immune system. In this context, the role of antibody in the endemic mycoses is relatively poorly understood. Recently, a monoclonal antibody to a cell surface protein has been shown to be protective in a murine histoplasmosis model. The findings with Histoplasma capsulatum may provide a paradigm for antibody protection against endemic fungi. This paper reviews the recent data on protective antibody in histoplasmosis and previous data supporting a role for antibody in protective responses in other dimorphic fungi.
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Nosanchuk D. J., Protective Antibodies and Endemic Dimorphic Fungi, Current Molecular Medicine 2005; 5 (4) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1566524054022530
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1566524054022530 |
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