Rethinking the immune recognition of cell walls in human fungal pathogens: Mechanisms, controversies and translational significance
Rong Wang, Xiaoyu Peng, Wenqing Liu, Zhangyong Song, Hong Yu · 2026
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Wang and co-authors re-think how the host spots the walls of germs that breach skin. Germ walls hold chain sugars that the host reads as threat marks. Two host catch clans, Toll-like and C-type, grab those sugars first. Grabs spark cell eats, signal floods, and threat shows to peers. Help cells then split in Th1, Th2, Th17, and Treg camps. B cells add germ-tied guards and build threat recall for next meets.
The line twixt shield and harm shifts by germ type and host state. Stage of the breach moves that line as much as type. The review maps catch paths, cell roles, and the dual face of both arms. It flags rows and gaps that block drug and shot work. Paths to tune the host wars close the sweep.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Rong Wang, Xiaoyu Peng, Wenqing Liu, Zhangyong Song, Hong Yu |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 102 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |