K. Bramono et al., SCANNING ELECTRON-MICROSCOPE OBSERVATION OF ADHERENCE OF CANDIDA-ALBICANS TO CULTURED KERATINOCYTES, Journal of medical and veterinary mycology, 32(6), 1994, pp. 473-476
The role of antigen 6 in the adherence process of Candida albicans ser
otype A to cultured keratinocytes was examined with a scanning electro
n microscope. The number of adhered organisms was significantly lower
for the antigen 6-deficient mutant strain than for the antigen 6-posit
ive parent strain (P<0.001). Fibril- or strand-like structures bridgin
g the organisms and the keratinocytes were found to develop during the
later stages of adherence.