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Why vomocytosis might help fight fungal infections

August 24, 2017 5:02 PM UTC

The identification of ERK-5 as a brake on the process of macrophage vomocytosis not only provides new mechanistic insight into the poorly understood phenomenon but could lead to a strategy for preventing dissemination of fungal infections.

Vomocytosis occurs when macrophages engulf pathogens but are unable to kill them and instead release the live microbes back into the extracellular environment. ...

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