BINDING OF CANDIDA ALBICANS TO HUMAN CEACAM1 AND CEACAM6 MODULATES THE INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE OF INTESTINAL EPITHELIAL CELLS

Binding of Candida albicans to Human CEACAM1 and CEACAM6 Modulates the Inflammatory Response of Intestinal Epithelial Cells

ABSTRACT Candida albicans colonizes human mucosa, including the gastrointestinal tract, as a commensal.In immunocompromised patients, C.albicans can breach the intestinal epithelial barrier and cause fatal invasive infections.Carcinoembryonic antigen-related cell adhesion molecule 1 (CEACAM1; CD66a), CEACAM5 (CEA), and CEACAM6 (CD66c) are immunomod

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Cellular sialoglycans are differentially required for endosomal and cell-surface entry of SARS-CoV-2 in lung cell lines.

Cell entry of severe acute respiratory coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) and other CoVs can occur via two distinct routes.Following receptor binding by the spike glycoprotein, membrane fusion can be triggered by spike cleavage either at the cell surface in a transmembrane serine protease 2 (TMPRSS2)-dependent manner or within endosomes in a cathepsin-depe

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Abstracts of Presentations to the Working Session on Improving Predictive Modeling of Mycotoxin Risk for Africa Held at the 3rd ASM2022 on 7 September 2022, in Stellenbosch, South Africa

In 2008, the African Postharvest Losses Information Systems project (APHLIS, accessed on 6 September 2022) developed an algorithm for estimating the scale of cereal postharvest sukin body lotion woolworths losses (PHLs).The relevant scientific literature and contextual information was used to build profiles of the PHLs occurring along the value cha

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Alcohol Craving in Heavy and Occasional Alcohol Drinkers After Cue Exposure in a Virtual Environment: The Role of the Sense of Presence

The development of new technologies, and more specifically the opportunity to immerse participants in virtual controlled environments, provides a new ecological framework for researchers to study complex behaviors.This experiment aimed to compare post-immersion craving in occasional and heavy alcohol drinkers.Twenty-two occasional drinkers and eigh

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