Fungi, dendritic cells and receptors: A host perspective of fungal virulence

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 508-514

  Romani, Luigina ^a   Bistoni, Francesco ^a   Puccetti, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; RECEPTOR; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; COMMENSALISM; DENDRITIC CELL; FUNGUS; HELPER CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; MORPHOGENESIS; MORPHOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; REVIEW; VIRULENCE; YEAST;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; DENDRITIC CELLS; FUNGI; HUMANS; LECTINS, C-TYPE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS; MYCOSES; OPSONIN PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 0036844493     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-842X(02)02460-5     Document Type: Review

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