About the Authors

Sonja I. Gringhuis

s.i.gringhuis@amc.uva.nl (SIG); t.b.geijtenbeek@amc.uva.nl (TBHG)

Affiliation Center of Infection and Immunity Amsterdam and Center for Experimental and Molecular Medicine, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Brigitte A. Wevers

Affiliation Center of Infection and Immunity Amsterdam and Center for Experimental and Molecular Medicine, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Tanja M. Kaptein

Affiliation Center of Infection and Immunity Amsterdam and Center for Experimental and Molecular Medicine, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Toni M. M. van Capel

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Histology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Bart Theelen

Affiliation CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Teun Boekhout

Affiliation CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Esther C. de Jong

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Histology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Teunis B. H. Geijtenbeek

s.i.gringhuis@amc.uva.nl (SIG); t.b.geijtenbeek@amc.uva.nl (TBHG)

Affiliation Center of Infection and Immunity Amsterdam and Center for Experimental and Molecular Medicine, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SIG TBHG. Performed the experiments: SIG BAW TMK TMMvC. Analyzed the data: SIG TMMvC ECdJ TBHG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BT TB. Wrote the paper: SIG TBHG. Executed dectin-2 stimulation experiments: BAW. Performed fungi stimulations, cytokine ELISAs and FACS analyses: TMK. Executed TH-17 assays: TMMvC ECdJ. Prepared the fungal strains: BT TB.