Publications by authors named "Anders G Schlosser"
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- Chitin is a natural substance found in many living things, and it can trigger immune responses in mammals.
- FIBCD1 is a special protein in human lungs that connects with chitin and affects how the lungs react to certain fungi, like A. fumigatus.
- In this study, scientists looked at how chitin and fungal particles influence lung responses, finding that FIBCD1 changes the levels of signal molecules in the lungs depending on the size of the chitin.
Humoral immunity plays a defensive role against invading microbes. However, it has been largely overlooked with respect to , an airborne fungal pathogen. Previously, we have demonstrated that surfactant protein D (SP-D), a major humoral component in human lung-alveoli, recognizes conidial surface exposed melanin pigment.
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