Enhanced resistance against systemic Candida albicans infection in mice treated with C. albicans DNA

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 231-236

  Dimitrova, Petya ^a   Yordanov, Martin ^a   Danova, Svetla ^a   Ivanovska, Nina ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

C. albicans DNA; Candida albicans infection; IL 12; Tyrphostin AG 490

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGUS ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 12; JANUS KINASE; N BENZYL 2 CYANO 3 (3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYL)ACRYLAMIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; STAT PROTEIN;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME INHIBITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; FEMALE; FUNGUS IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INNATE IMMUNITY; INVASIVE CANDIDIASIS; KIDNEY INJURY; LIVER INJURY; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, FUNGAL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN-12; JANUS KINASES; KIDNEY; LIVER; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NITRIC OXIDE; STAT TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TYRPHOSTINS;

EID: 45149115352     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2008.00421.x     Document Type: Article

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