Culture supernatants of patient-derived Aspergillus isolates have toxic and lytic activity towards neurons and glial cells

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 303-313

  Speth, C ^a   Rambach, G ^a   Lass Florl C ^a   Wurzner R ^a   Gasque, P ^b   Mohsenipour, I ^c   Dierich, M P ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Cerebral aspergillosis; Glial cell; Neurotoxicity

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; BENZYLSULFONYL FLUORIDE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; METALLOPROTEINASE; MYCOTOXIN; PROTEINASE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SERINE PROTEINASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN INFECTION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INCUBATION TIME; MICROGLIA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; NEUROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THERMOSTABILITY;

ASPERGILLUS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN DISEASES; CELL LINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNGAL INFECTIONS; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; NEUROASPERGILLOSIS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS;

EID: 0033674140     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(00)00221-2     Document Type: Article

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