Specific and non-specific immunity to Candida albicans: A lesson from genetically modified animals

Research in Immunology

Volumn 149, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 352-361

  Mencacci, A ^a   Cenci, E ^a   Bistoni, F ^a   Bacci, A ^a   Del Sero, G ^a   Montagnoli, C ^a   Fe D'Ostiani C ^a   Romani, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 4; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HELPER CELL; IMMUNITY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MORTALITY; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW;

EID: 0032077808     PISSN: 09232494     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2494(98)80759-1     Document Type: Article

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