Induction of ERK-kinase signalling triggers morphotype-specific killing of Candida albicans filaments by human neutrophils

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 807-820

  Wozniok, Iwona ^a   Hornbach, Anke ^a   Schmitt, Corinna ^a   Frosch, Matthias ^a   Einsele, Hermann ^a   Hube, Bernhard ^b   Löffler, Jürgen ^a   Kurzai, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME INHIBITION; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL STRAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MORPHOTYPE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACTINS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL MIGRATION ASSAYS, LEUKOCYTE; CELL MOVEMENT; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; NEUTROPHILS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 38849195436     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2007.01086.x     Document Type: Article

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