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Infection and Immunity, February 2006, p. 1403-1406, Vol. 74, No. 2
0019-9567/06/$08.00+0 doi:10.1128/IAI.74.2.1403-1406.2006
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Departamento de Microbiología y Ecología, Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain,1 Laboratorio de Citómica, Centro de Investigación "Principe Felipe," Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain2
Received 29 July 2005/ Returned for modification 30 August 2005/ Accepted 26 October 2005
Killed yeasts and hyphae of Candida albicans inhibit gamma interferon secretion by highly purified murine NK cells in response to the Toll-like receptor ligands lipopolysaccharide and zymosan. This effect, which is also observed in the presence of NK-activating cytokines (interleukin-2 [IL-2], IL-12, and IL-15), may represent a novel mechanism of immune evasion that contributes to the virulence of C. albicans.
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