The WI-1 adhesin blocks phagocyte TNF-α production, imparting pathogenicity on Blastomyces dermatitidis

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 2665-2673

  Finkel Jimenez, B ^a   Wuthrich M ^a   Brandhorst, T ^a   Klein, B S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLASTOMYCES DERMATITIDIS; BLASTOMYCOSIS; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE TARGETING; HOST RESISTANCE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; LUNG MYCOSIS; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0035865065     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.166.4.2665     Document Type: Article

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