Voriconazole inhibits fungal growth without impairing antigen presentation or T-cell activation

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1818-1823

  Van Epps, Heather L ^a   Feldmesser, Marta ^b   Pamer, Eric G ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CASPOFUNGIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL ASSAY; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DENDRITIC CELL; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FUNGUS GROWTH; GROWTH INHIBITION; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; DENDRITIC CELLS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PEPTIDES; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PYRIMIDINES; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 0037764705     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.47.6.1818-1823.2003     Document Type: Article

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