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Attachment and entry of Candida famata in monocytes and epithelial cells

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dc.contributor ONCE
dc.contributor Fundación Ramón Areces
dc.creator Pacheco, María
dc.creator Pisa, Diana
dc.creator García-Gómez, Patricia
dc.creator Carrasco Llamas, Luis
dc.creator Juarranz, Ángeles
dc.date 2008-06-12T14:22:05Z
dc.date 2008-06-12T14:22:05Z
dc.date 2007-07-27
dc.date.accessioned 2017-01-31T01:40:47Z
dc.date.available 2017-01-31T01:40:47Z
dc.identifier Microscopy Research & Technique Vol. 70 Issue 11, Pages 975 - 986
dc.identifier 1059-910X (Print)
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10261/5047
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10261/5047
dc.description Attachment and entry of Candida famata in monocytes and epithelial cells, Pacheco M., Microsc. Res. Tech., vol. 70, issue 11 © [2007] John Wiley & Sons
dc.description Candida albicans is considered the main pathogenic yeast responsible for a multitude of infective disorders. However, other yeasts, such as Candida famata, are being recognized as potential emerging pathogens that cause several types of infections in humans and animals. Consequently, we have investigated the adhesion and internalization of Candida famata into monocytes and epithelial cells. The interaction of the yeast with the cells is very rapid and takes place during the first 15 min of injection. However, the affinity of the yeast for the cells varies, THP-1 (human monocytes) being the highest and followed in decreasing order by HeLa (human carcinoma), HaCaT, and Pam-212 (human and mouse keratinocytes, respectively). Heat inactivation or treatment with nystatin, significantly decreases yeast adhesion to cells. Immunofluorescence, as well as scanning and transmission electron microscopy, reveals that cell lines are able to internalize C. famata. At 48 h after infection, most of the yeasts located inside cells appear degraded, but some yeasts recovered from lysed cells, were still viable. Adhesion and internalization of C. famata into HeLa cells were found to be lower than those of C. albicans and C. glabrata, but higher than those of S. cerevisiae. In addition, infection with C. famata results in actin microfilaments rearrangement. This article presents novel data in the interaction of this pathogenic yeast with mammalian cells
dc.description This work was partially supported by grants from ONCE (Organización de ciegos españoles), Spain. The institutional grant of Fundación Ramón Areces to the Centro de Biología Molecular is also acknowledged.
dc.description Peer reviewed
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dc.language eng
dc.publisher John Wiley & Sons
dc.rights openAccess
dc.subject Candida famata
dc.subject Yeast attachment
dc.subject Cellular infection
dc.subject Actin alteration
dc.title Attachment and entry of Candida famata in monocytes and epithelial cells
dc.type Artículo


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