Leibniz-HKIHealth, nutrition and exercise – all these aspects apply to today’s #Women’s Health Day! 🧘🏾♀️🌸
@LeibnizHKI has been studying #CandidaAlbicans, a fungus which can cause genital infections in millions of women worldwide. New results raise hope that with the help of nanobodies, the activity of the fungus’ toxin Candidalysin can be blocked. In the laboratory, the nanobodies very effectively reduced toxin-induced tissue damage.
Nanobody-mediated neutralization of candidalysin prevents epithelial damage and inflammatory responses that drive vulvovaginal candidiasis pathogenesis
Candida albicans can cause mucosal infections in humans. This includes oropharyngeal candidiasis, which is commonly observed in human immunodeficiency virus infected patients, and vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC), which is the most frequent manifestation ...