Artemisinins inhibit oral candidiasis caused by Candida albicans through the repression on its hyphal development

• Main Authors: Xiaoyue Liang (Author), Ding Chen (Author), Jiannan Wang (Author), Binyou Liao (Author), Jiawei Shen (Author), Xingchen Ye (Author), Zheng Wang (Author), Chengguang Zhu (Author), Lichen Gou (Author), Xinxuan Zhou (Author), Lei Cheng (Author), Biao Ren (Author), Xuedong Zhou (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Nature Publishing Group, 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Candida albicans is the most abundant fungal species in oral cavity. As a smart opportunistic pathogen, it increases the virulence by switching its forms from yeasts to hyphae and becomes the major pathogenic agent for oral candidiasis. However, the overuse of current clinical antifungals a...