Given that the MPF seems to be the main factor responsible for the increase in tumor cell adhesion to HSE cells induced by C. albicans[14], the anti-MR antibody was used to assess the contribution of MR to the pro-inflammatory cytokine activation and B16M cell adhesion-stimulating effects of C. albicans and its mannoproteins on HSE cells. This evidence concerns the gene NR3C2 and neoplasm.