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Filamentous fungi are an important cause of pulmonary and systemic morbidity and mortality, and also cause corneal blindness and visual impairment worldwide. Utilizing in vitro neutrophil killing assays and a model of fungal infection of the cornea, we demonstrated that Dectin-1 dependent IL-6 produ...

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Main Authors: Sixto M Leal, Sanhita Roy, Chairut Vareechon, Steven deJesus Carrion, Heather Clark, Manuel S Lopez-Berges, Antonio Di Pietro, Marcus Schrettl, Nicola Beckmann, Bernhard Redl, Hubertus Haas, Eric Pearlman
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Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/d68745bffe404aedb98f88c87cd843dd
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