Rhizopus oryzae adheres to, is phagocytosed by, and damages endothelial cells in vitro

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 778-783

  Ibrahim, Ashraf S ^a,b   Spellberg, Brad ^a,b   Avanessian, Valentina ^a   Fu, Yue ^a,b   Edwards Jr , John E ^a,b  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCLEROPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DAMAGE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL INVASION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FUNGUS SPORE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IN VITRO STUDY; MUCORMYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOPUS ORYZAE; SUBENDOTHELIUM; THROMBOSIS; TISSUE NECROSIS;

CELL ADHESION; CYTOCHALASIN D; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; MUCORMYCOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RHIZOPUS;

EID: 12844268670     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.2.778-783.2005     Document Type: Article

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