Role of pulmonary surfactant protein D in innate defense against Candida albicans

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 917-922

  Van Rozendaal, Bianca A W M ^a   Van Spriel, Annemiek B ^b,c   Van de Winkel, Jan G J ^b,c   Haagsman, Henk P ^a,d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Immunology   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; LUNG SURFACTANT; LUNG SURFACTANT PROTEIN D; MALTOSE; MANNOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL AGGLUTINATION; CELL INTERACTION; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH INHIBITION; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RAT; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CALCIUM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; GLYCOPROTEINS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGES, ALVEOLAR; MALTOSE; MANNOSE; PULMONARY SURFACTANT-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN D; PULMONARY SURFACTANTS; RATS;

EID: 0033827694     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315799     Document Type: Article

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