Table 1.

Information and references for the antigens used in the study and the technology involved in their analysis.

Antigens/Epitopes	References	Main characteristics	Analytical methods
Synthetic			Multianalysis profiling	Surface plasmon resonance	Western Blotting/ELISA***
Biotin Sulfone Tagged Oligomannosides (BSTOs), schematic representation of the epitope
Manα-1,2Man			X	X	X
Manα-1,2Manα-1,2Manα-1,2Man			X
Manβ-1,2Man			X
Manβ-1,2Manβ-1,2Man	Mat & Meths	Synthesized for the present study	X
Manβ-1,2Manβ-1,2Manβ-1,2Man			X	X	X
Native
Phosphopeptidomannan (mannan) From C. albicans VW32 (Serotype A)	27, 31–33, 55	Complex cell wall surface polymer. Structure determined by NMR and sequential depolymerization of constitutive oligomannosides used for diagnostic purposes			***
Phospholipomannan	18, 56, 57	Glycoplipid of the mannoinositolphospho ceramide family Present at cell wall surface Shed in contact with host cells and has immunomodulatory properties			X
From C. albicans VW 32 (serotype A)	19	Polysaccharide moiety consisting of β-mannosides up to 14 residues			X
From C. albicans NIH-B (serotype B)	20	Polysaccharide moiety consisting of β-1,2 mannotriose			X
From C. albicans BPW17 (serotype A)	58	PLM identical to that of VW32. Used for genetic manipulations			X
From C. albicans BPW17 depleted in bmt6	21	Polysaccharide moiety truncated with a β-mannotriose			X