Modulation of Dendritic Cell Function by the fungal Quorum Sensing Molecule Farnesol
Quorum Sensing is a major mechanism of inter-microbial communication mediated by molecules that are released from growing microorganisms and accumulate in relation to microbial replication. Farnesol – the first identified fungal quorum sensing molecule –
PhD start: 09/15/2015
Publications
Vivas W, Leonhardt I, Hünniger K, Häder A, Marolda A, Kurzai O2019Multiple Signaling Pathways Involved in Human Dendritic Cell Maturation Are Affected by the Fungal Quorum-Sensing Molecule Farnesol. J Immunol 203, 2959-2969.
Marolda A, Hünniger K, Böttcher S, Vivas W, Löffler J, Figge MT, Kurzai O2020Candida Species-Dependent Release of IL-12 by Dendritic Cells Induces Different Levels of NK Cell Stimulation. J Infect Dis 221, 2060-2071.
Vivas W, Weis S2022Tidy up - The unfolded protein response in sepsis. Front Immunol 13, 980680.
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