High iron-mediated increased oral fungal burden, oral-to-gut transmission, and changes to pathogenicity of Candida albicans in oropharyngeal candidiasis
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DOI: 10.1080/20002297.2022.2044110
Abstract: ABSTRACT Background Iron affects the diversity of the oral microbial landscape. Laboratory-strain CAI4 of Candida albicans that causes oropharyngeal candidiasis (OPC) exhibits iron-induced changes to the cell wall, impacting phagocytosis (by macrophages) and susceptibility of… read more here.
Keywords: iron; cell wall; oral gut; cai4 ... See more keywords