Adenosine Triphosphate Released by Candida albicans Is Associated with Reduced Skin Infectivity

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Dermatology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Department of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
• ² Department of Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Hans Knoell Institute, Jena, Germany.
• ³ Department of Dermatology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
• ⁴ School of Molecular Cell Biology and Biotechnology, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel.
• ⁵ Unité Biologie et Pathogénicité Fongiques, Département de Mycologie, Institut Pasteur and USC2019 INRA, Paris, France; Unité de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Service de Microbiologie clinique, Hôpital Necker-Enfants-Malades, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris (APHP), Paris, France.
• ⁶ Unité Biologie et Pathogénicité Fongiques, Département de Mycologie, Institut Pasteur and USC2019 INRA, Paris, France.
• ⁷ Department of Dermatology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Department of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Electronic address: dankaplan@pitt.edu.