Basic & Clinical Medicine ›› 2012, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (9): 1103-1106.

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Progress in the study of immune response to Candida albicans infection

  

  • Received:2011-10-10 Revised:2011-12-27 Online:2012-09-05 Published:2012-08-28

Abstract: The pathogenesis of Candida albicans(C. albicans) is mainly due to the interaction between C. albicans and human immune system. It stimulates human to produce Innate immune response, specific cellular immune response and humoral immune response when C. albicans infects human. Which specific cellular immune response is dominant. Therefore, to understand the immune response to C. albicans has great clinical significance in disease diagnosis, prevention and treatment.

Key words: Candida albicans, innate immune response, cellular immune response, humoral immune response