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ArticlePLoS pathogens2025

The Emerging Fungal Pathogen Candida auris Induces IFNγ to Colonize the Skin.

Diprasom Das, Shrihari M Ganesh, Abtar Mishra, Mihai G Netea, Shankar Thangamani

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Article in PLoS pathogens, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Diprasom DasDepartment of Comparative Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America.
Shrihari M GaneshDepartment of Comparative Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America.
Abtar MishraDepartment of Comparative Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America.
Mihai G NeteaDepartment of Internal Medicine and Radboud Center for Infectious Diseases, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Shankar ThangamaniDepartment of Comparative Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-0031-2392

Funding

Mechanisms of Candida auris Colonization in the SkinR01AI177604 · NIAID · PURDUE UNIVERSITY · PI Shankar Thangamani · 2023 to 2026
$2.4M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI177604
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Candida auris is an emerging multidrug-resistant skin-tropic fungal pathogen that causes serious human infections. However, the factors that regulate C. auris skin infection in vivo are still unclear. In this study, we identified that, unlike Candida albicans, which induces IL-17-secreting protective effector Th17 cells, C. auris predominately induces IFNγ-secreting pathogenic Th1 cells during reinfection. Surprisingly, we found that IFNγ enhances skin infection of C. auris but not C. albicans. Mechanistically, IFNγ enhances skin infection of C. auris by dampening the protective IL-17 responses and increasing dermal damage. Furthermore, we identified that the development of Th1 cells occurs through IL-12, produced by C. auris-induced inflammatory macrophages and monocyte-derived dendritic cells. In addition, our findings reveal that C. auris unique cell wall outer mannan layer regulates the development of Th1 and Th17 cells. Collectively, our findings, for the first time, identified that C. auris induces IFNγ to persist in the skin. These findings help explain why C. auris but not C. albicans preferentially persist in the skin long-term, with the potential to identify novel therapeutic approaches to prevent and treat this emerging fungal pathogen in humans.

Indexed as

Candida aurisCandidiasisCandidiasis, CutaneousInterferon-gammaSkinAnimalsCandida albicansFemaleHumansInterleukin-17MiceMice, Inbred C57BLTh17 CellsTh1 CellsInterferon-gammaInterleukin-17

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PMID40294061
PMCPMC12121905

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