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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Rayner S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5209728 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scientific reports 20170104
Malassezia is the dominant fungus in the human skin mycobiome and is associated with common skin disorders including atopic eczema (AE)/dermatitis. Recently, it was found that Malassezia sympodialis secretes nanosized exosome-like vesicles, designated MalaEx, that carry allergens and can induce inflammatory cytokine responses. Extracellular vesicles from different cell-types including fungi have been found to deliver functional RNAs to recipient cells. In this study we assessed the presence of s ...[more]