TLR2−/− Mice Display Increased Clearance of Dermatophyte Trichophyton mentagrophytes in the Setting of Hyperglycemia

TLR2−/− Mice Display Increased Clearance of Dermatophyte Trichophyton mentagrophytes in the Setting of Hyperglycemia

Dermatophytosis is one of the most common human infections affecting both immunocompetent individuals and immunocompromised patients, in whom the disease is more aggressive and can reach deep tissues. Over the last decades, cases of deep dermatophytosis have increased and the dermatophyte-host inter...

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Main Authors: Débora de Fátima Almeida, Thais F. de Campos Fraga-Silva, Amanda R. Santos, Angela C. Finato, Camila M. Marchetti, Marjorie de Assis Golim, Vanessa S. Lara, Maria S. P. Arruda, James Venturini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Subjects:
toll-like receptors
hypoinsulinemia-hyperglycemia
Trichophyton mentagrophytes
deep dermatophytosis
monocytes
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcimb.2017.00008/full

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