The mechanisms involved in controlling Candida albicans at mucosal sites are not fully understood. Recent work identifies the EphA2 on epithelial cells as a fungal β-glucan receptor that is critical for mediating protective immunity during oral candidiasis.
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Dambuza, I.M., Brown, G.D. Sensing fungi at the oral epithelium. Nat Microbiol 3, 4–5 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-017-0086-2
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