Secondary metabolites of Aspergillus exert immunobiological effects on human monocytes

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-19

  Rossano, Fabio ^a   De Luna, Loredana Ortega ^a   Buommino, Elisabetta ^a   Cusumano, Vitaliano ^b   Losi, Elena ^c   Catania, Maria Rosaria ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aflotoxin B1; Aspergillus; Cytokine; Gene expression; Immunosuppression; Microbiological control

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN B1; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 6; MESSENGER RNA; MYCOTOXIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MACROPHAGE FUNCTION; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 0032743849     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(99)80042-4     Document Type: Article

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