Candida albicans-infected oral epithelial cells augment the anti-fungal activity of human neutrophils in vitro

Medical Mycology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 545-549

  Dongari Bagtzoglou, Anna ^a   Villar, C Cunha ^a   Kashleva, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Neutrophils; Oropharyngeal candidiasis

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; MOUTH MUCOSA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PROVOCATION TEST; SUPERNATANT; THRUSH;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS, ORAL; CELL LINE, TUMOR; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; HYPHAE; INTERLEUKIN-1; MOUTH MUCOSA; NEUTROPHIL ACTIVATION; NEUTROPHILS; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-1;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 28244498344     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780500064557     Document Type: Article

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