Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics 1 article published in JoVE Immunology and Infection Establishment of an In vitro System to Study Intracellular Behavior of Candida glabrata in Human THP-1 Macrophages Maruti Nandan Rai1, Sapan Borah1, Gaurav Bairwa*1, Sriram Balusu*1,2, Neelima Gorityala1, Rupinder Kaur1 1Laboratory of Fungal Pathogenesis, Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Andhra Pradesh, India, 2Current location: VIB Department for Molecular Biomedical Research, UGent, Fiers-Schell-Van Montagu Building, Technologiepark 927, B-9052 Ghent (Zwijnaarde), Belgium The current article outlines a protocol to establish an in vitro cell culture model system to study the interaction of a facultative intracellular human fungal pathogen Candida glabrata with human macrophages which will be a useful tool to advance our knowledge of fungal virulence mechanisms.
