Host defense against fungal pathogens: Adaptable neutrophil responses and the promise of therapeutic opportunities?

Allison K. Scherer; Alex Hopke; David B. Sykes; Daniel Irimia; Michael K. Mansour

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1009691

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Host defense against fungal pathogens: Adaptable neutrophil responses and the promise of therapeutic opportunities?

Allison K. Scherer ,

* E-mail: ascherer@mgh.harvard.edu (AKS); mkmansour@mgh.harvard.edu (MKM)

Affiliations Division of Infectious Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3735-3873

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Alex Hopke,

Affiliations Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Center for Engineering in Medicine and Surgery, Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Shriners Burns Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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David B. Sykes,

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Center for Regenerative Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9788-0221

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Daniel Irimia,

Affiliations Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Center for Engineering in Medicine and Surgery, Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Shriners Burns Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Michael K. Mansour

* E-mail: ascherer@mgh.harvard.edu (AKS); mkmansour@mgh.harvard.edu (MKM)

Affiliations Division of Infectious Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8892-8695

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Host defense against fungal pathogens: Adaptable neutrophil responses and the promise of therapeutic opportunities?

Allison K. Scherer,
Alex Hopke,
David B. Sykes,
Daniel Irimia,
Michael K. Mansour

Published: July 29, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1009691

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