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An overview of lectin–glycan interactions: a key event in initiating fungal infection and pathogenesis

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Infections due to microfungi are of serious concern in many parts of the world. Many species of microfungi are known to cause systemic infection in human beings. Pathogenic microorganisms employ various molecular strategies for colonizing a susceptible host. Recent studies have shown the importance of lectins from microfungi that enable the pathogen to interact with the host, resulting in host immune response. These fungal lectins or adhesins show specific affinities to the glycans present on the membrane proteins or lipids. Binding of the pathogen to the receptors, probably toll-like receptors or dectins, present on the host cell surface triggers/initiates a cascade of signalling pathways, leading to the activation of transcription factors such as NF-κB resulting in the release of proinflammatory cytokines which in turn recruit cells of the immune system to the site of microbial insult to combat the pathogen or resulting in pathogenesis. In this review, we will focus on the interaction between fungal lectins and the host glycans initiating pathogenesis and how the host immune system tries to suppress the pathogenesis.

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The work was supported by the funding from Department of Science and Technology, India (no. SR/S0/BB-0085/2010/A /B) and UGC under CPEPA and UPE program.

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Ballal, S., Inamdar, S.R. An overview of lectin–glycan interactions: a key event in initiating fungal infection and pathogenesis. Arch Microbiol 200, 371–382 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00203-018-1487-1

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