The role of fungal proteinases in pathophysiology of Stachybotrys chartarum

Mycopathologia

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 171-181

  Yike, Iwona ^a,b   Rand, Thomas ^c   Dearborn, Dorr G ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lung injury; Proteinases; Spores; Stachybotrys

Indexed keywords

4 (2 AMINOETHYL)BENZENESULFONYLFLUORIDE; 4-(2-AMINOETHYL)BENZENESULFONYLFLUORIDE; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; CYTOKINE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GELATIN; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SULFONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FUNGUS SPORE; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG MYCOSIS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STACHYBOTRYS; TRACHEA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; COLLAGEN TYPE IV; CULTURE MEDIA; CYTOKINES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GELATIN; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; SPORES, FUNGAL; STACHYBOTRYS; SULFONES; TRACHEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; RATTUS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; STACHYBOTRYS; STACHYBOTRYS CHARTARUM;

EID: 34548398775     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-007-9037-4     Document Type: Article

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