Lovastatin possesses a fungistatic effect against Candida albicans, but does not trigger apoptosis in this opportunistic human pathogen

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1140-1148

  Gyetvai, Ágnes ^a   Emri, Tamás ^a   Takács, Krisztina ^b   Dergez, Tímea ^b   Fekete, Andrea ^a   Pesti, Miklós ^b   Pócsi, István ^a   Lenkey, Béla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Candida albicans; Candidiasis; Chemotherapy; Lovastatin; Pseudomycelium

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; MEVINOLIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL MEMBRANE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DNA, FUNGAL; HUMANS; LOVASTATIN;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 33751296528     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: 15671364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2006.00097.x     Document Type: Article

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