CLEC7A and infection: In this scenario, we suggest that LAM may be tested in the treatment against this infection, once it interacts directly with Dectin-1, is inert, is efficient as we show here and, among the β-1,3-glucans, the compound obtained from Laminaria digitata has high solubility in water and presents low polydispersity, characteristics that makes this compound desirable to the pharmaceutical industry (60, 61).