Defense mechanisms of the airways against Aspergillus fumigatus: Role in invasive aspergillosis

Chemical Immunology

Volumn 81, Issue , 2002, Pages 94-113

  Kauffman, H F ^a   Tomee, J F C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN A; CYTOKINE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MESSENGER RNA; TACROLIMUS;

AIRWAY; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BRONCHOPULMONARY ASPERGILLOMA; CELL FUNCTION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFLAMMATION; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0036279553     PISSN: 10150145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000058864     Document Type: Review

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