Type I interferons during host–fungus interactions: Is antifungal immunity going viral?

Marina Pekmezovic; Axel Dietschmann; Mark S. Gresnigt

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1010740

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Type I interferons during host–fungus interactions: Is antifungal immunity going viral?

Marina Pekmezovic ,

* E-mail: marina.pekmezovic@leibniz-hki.de (MP); mark.gresnigt@leibniz-hki.de (MSG)

Affiliation Junior Research Group Adaptive Pathogenicity Strategies, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology-Hans-Knoell Institute, Jena, Germany

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1991-9634

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Axel Dietschmann,

Affiliation Junior Research Group Adaptive Pathogenicity Strategies, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology-Hans-Knoell Institute, Jena, Germany
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Mark S. Gresnigt

* E-mail: marina.pekmezovic@leibniz-hki.de (MP); mark.gresnigt@leibniz-hki.de (MSG)

Affiliation Junior Research Group Adaptive Pathogenicity Strategies, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology-Hans-Knoell Institute, Jena, Germany
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Type I interferons during host–fungus interactions: Is antifungal immunity going viral?

Marina Pekmezovic,
Axel Dietschmann,
Mark S. Gresnigt

Published: August 25, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1010740

About the Authors

Marina Pekmezovic

* E-mail: marina.pekmezovic@leibniz-hki.de (MP); mark.gresnigt@leibniz-hki.de (MSG)

Affiliation Junior Research Group Adaptive Pathogenicity Strategies, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology-Hans-Knoell Institute, Jena, Germany

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1991-9634

Axel Dietschmann

Affiliation Junior Research Group Adaptive Pathogenicity Strategies, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology-Hans-Knoell Institute, Jena, Germany

Mark S. Gresnigt

* E-mail: marina.pekmezovic@leibniz-hki.de (MP); mark.gresnigt@leibniz-hki.de (MSG)

Affiliation Junior Research Group Adaptive Pathogenicity Strategies, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology-Hans-Knoell Institute, Jena, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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