Figure 4.

Adherence of C. albicans SC5314 cells to HA beads coated with various proteins. C. albicans cells (1 x 10⁷) were incubated with uncoated, saliva-, skim milk (SM)-, fetal bovine serum (FBS)-, or bovine serum albumin (BSA)-coated HA beads (12 mg) at 28°C for 1 h. The percentage of the input C. albicans cells attached to the HA beads was calculated. Results are the means (± SD) of at least three independent experiments. Asterisks indicate significant differences to the adherence to uncoated HA beads (*** p < 0.001, **** p < 0.0001)