Protection by Anti-β-Glucan Antibodies Is Associated with Restricted β-1,3 Glucan Binding Specificity and Inhibition of Fungal Growth and Adherence

• Antonella Torosantucci,

  Affiliation Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune-mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

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• Paola Chiani,

  Affiliation Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune-mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

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• Carla Bromuro,

  Affiliation Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune-mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

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• Flavia De Bernardis,

  Affiliation Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune-mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

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• Angelina S. Palma,

  Affiliation Glycosciences Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

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• Yan Liu,

  Affiliation Glycosciences Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

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• Giuseppina Mignogna,

  Affiliation Department of Biochemical Sciences ‘A. Rossi Fanelli’, University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’, Rome, Italy

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• Bruno Maras,

  Affiliation Department of Biochemical Sciences ‘A. Rossi Fanelli’, University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’, Rome, Italy

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• Marisa Colone,

  Affiliation Departments of Technology and Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

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• Annarita Stringaro,

  Affiliation Departments of Technology and Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

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• Silvia Zamboni,

  Affiliation Department of Therapeutic Research and Medicine Evaluation, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

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• Ten Feizi,

  Affiliation Glycosciences Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

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• Antonio Cassone

  * E-mail: antonio.cassone@iss.it

  Affiliation Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune-mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

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