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To expand our knowledge of the spectrum of immune responses to pathogenic and non-pathogenic fungi, we compared the cytokine and transcriptional profiles of human monocyte-derived dendritic cells exposed to\n Aspergillus fumigatus<\/jats:italic>\n ,\n Candida albicans<\/jats:italic>\n ,\n Candida parapsilosis<\/jats:italic>\n , and\n Saccharomyces cerevisiae<\/jats:italic>\n strains. The tested species triggered common and species-specific responses, mostly resulting from the different timing of signaling pathways. Faster phagolysosome acidification was observed for pathogenic species. 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