Effect of melanin and carotenoids of Exophiala (Wangiella) dermatitidis on phagocytosis, oxidative burst, and killing by human neutrophils

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 94-101

  Schnitzler, Norbert ^a   Peltroche Llacsahuanga, Heidrun ^a   Bestier, Nicole ^a   Zündorf, Josef ^a   Lütticken, Rudolf ^a   Haase, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; MELANIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; EXOPHIALA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PATHOGENESIS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY BURST;

EXOPHIALA DERMATITIDIS;

EID: 0032952195     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.1.94-101.1999     Document Type: Article

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