Suppressive effects of Aspergillus fumigatus culture filtrates on human alveolar macrophages and polymorphonuclear leucocytes

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 293-300

  Murayama, T ^a   Amitani, R ^a   Ikegami, Y ^a   Nawada, R ^a   Lee, W J ^a   Kuze, F ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alveolar macrophage; Antiphagocytic activity; Aspergillus fumigatus; Human phagocytes; Polymorphonuclear leucocyte

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS GROWTH; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CARCINOGENS; CHEMOTAXIS, LEUKOCYTE; CULTURE MEDIA; GLIOTOXIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MACROGLOBULINS; MACROPHAGES, ALVEOLAR; NEUTROPHILS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; SUPEROXIDES; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE; TRYPSIN;

EID: 0030045045     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.96.09020293     Document Type: Article

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