The effects of Malassezia on pro-inflammatory cytokine production by human peripheral blood mononuclear cells in vitro

Medical Mycology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 97-106

  Kesavan, S ^a   Walters, C E ^a   Holland, K T ^a   Ingham, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Malassezia; Peripheral blood mononuclear cell; Pro inflammatory cytokine

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE;

ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CELL WALL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MALASSEZIA; MONONUCLEAR CELL; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN FLORA; TINEA VERSICOLOR; YEAST CELL;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-1; INTERLEUKIN-6; KINETICS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALASSEZIA; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0031805592     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-280X.1998.00137.x     Document Type: Article

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