N-Acetylglucosamine Metabolism Promotes Survival of Candida albicans in the Phagosome
ABSTRACT Phagocytosis by innate immune cells is one of the most effective barriers against the multiplication and dissemination of microbes within the mammalian host.Candida albicans, a pathogenic yeast, has robust mechanisms that allow survival upon macrophage phagocytosis.C.albicans survives in part because it can utilize the alternative carbon s