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Microfluidic Tools for Probing Fungal-Microbial Interactions at the Cellular Level
Published on: June 23, 2022
Focus on fungi
Iliyan D Iliev1, Gordon D Brown2, Petra Bacher3
1Joan and Sanford I. Weill Department of Medicine, The Jill Roberts Institute for Research in Inflammatory Bowel Disease, and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University, New York, NY, USA.
Abstract:
Fungi play critical roles in the homeostasis of ecosystems globally and have emerged as significant causes of an expanding repertoire of devastating diseases in plants, animals, and humans. In this Commentary, we highlight the importance of fungal pathogens and argue for concerted research efforts to enhance understanding of fungal virulence, antifungal immunity, novel drug targets, antifungal resistance, and the mycobiota to improve human health.
