Sabir Khan, Hazrat Bilal, Muhammad Nadeem Khan, Wenjie Fang, Wenqiang Chang, Bin Yin, Ning-Jing Song, Zhongrong Liu, Dongxing Zhang, Fen Yao, Xun Wang, Qian Wang, Lin Cai, Bing Hou, Jiayue Wang, Chunyan Mao, Lingxi Liu, Yuebin Zeng
Interleukins (ILs) are vital in regulating the immune system, enabling to combat fungal diseases like candidiasis effectively. Their inhibition may cause enhanced susceptibility to infection. IL inhibitors have been employed to control autoimmune diseases and inhibitors of IL-17 and IL-23, for example, have been associated with an elevated risk of Candida infection. Thus, applying IL inhibitors might impact an individual's susceptibility to Candida infections. Variations in the severity of Candida infections have been observed between individuals with different IL inhibitors, necessitating careful consideration of their specific risk profiles...
2024: Frontiers in Immunology