Non-redundant role of the long pentraxin PTX3 in anti-fungal innate immune response

Nature

Volumn 420, Issue 6912, 2002, Pages 182-186

  Garianda, Cecilia ^a   Hirsch, Emilio ^b   Bozza, Silvia ^c   Salustri, Antonietta ^d   De Acetis, Marika ^b   Nota, Rachele ^a   Maccagno, Alessia ^d   Riva, Federica ^a   Bottazzi, Barbara ^a   Peri, Giuseppe ^a   Doni, Andrea ^a   Vago, Luca ^e   Botto, Marina ^f   De Santis, Rita ^g   Carminati, Paolo ^g   Siracusa, Gregorio ^d   Altruda, Fiorella ^b   Vecchi, Annunciata ^a   Romani, Luigina ^c   Mantovani, Alberto ^a,h  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^f HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g Sigma Tau SpA   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CELLS; DEBRIS; FUNGUS PROTECTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

LIGAND;

PROTEINS;

PENTRAXIN; PENTRAXIN 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

IMMUNE RESPONSE; PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE LOCATION; GENE STRUCTURE; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN VIVO STUDY; INFECTION RESISTANCE; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BRAIN; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; DENDRITIC CELLS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; LUNG; MACROPHAGES, ALVEOLAR; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SERUM AMYLOID P-COMPONENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TH2 CELLS;

ANIMALIA; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGI;

EID: 18744372691     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01195     Document Type: Article

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