Inhibition of the alveolar macrophage oxidative burst by a diffusible component from the surface of the spores of the fungus Aspergillus fumigatus

Thorax

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 389-396

  Slight, Joan ^a   Nicholson, Wendy J ^a   Mitchell, Colin G ^a   Pouilly, Nathalie ^a   Beswick, Paul H ^a   Seaton, Anthony ^b   Donaldson, Kenneth ^a  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Macrophage; Superoxide anion

Indexed keywords

SUPEROXIDE; TOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG INFECTION; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATORY BURST; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0029926768     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.51.4.389     Document Type: Article

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