Interactions of F1 fractions from different strains of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis with human complement and with human neutrophils

Mycopathologia

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-27

  Crott, Luciana Simon Pereira ^a   Lucisano Valim, Yara Maria ^a   Silva, Celio Lopes ^a   Barbosa, José Elpidio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Complement activation; Neutrophil chemiluminescence; Neutrophil chemotaxis; Paracoccidioides brasiliensis; Polysaccharide cell wall fraction

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIBODY; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; GUINEA PIG; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; CELL WALL; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; NEUTROPHIL ACTIVATION; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; POLYSACCHARIDES; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; FUNGI; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PARACOCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS BRASILIENSIS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0031412099     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006898628421     Document Type: Article

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