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Prevention of the cryptic epitope SLAYGLR within osteopontin does not influence susceptibility to Candida albicans infection.

Sato I, Yamamoto N, Yamazaki H, Hashimoto S, Hino M, Sakai F, Fujie A

Fermentation Research Laboratories, Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. ikuko.sato@jp.astellas.com

The effect of an antiosteopontin antibody (M5 Ab) reacting with the SLAYGLR sequence within osteopontin on the host susceptibility to infection was investigated in a murine model of disseminated candidiasis. The treatment with anti-tumor necrosis factor alpha antibody enhanced fungal infection, while the treatment with M5 Ab did not affect the infection.

Published 27 June 2005 in Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 49(7): 3053-5.
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