Increased susceptibility of complement factor B/C2 double knockout mice and mannan-binding lectin knockout mice to systemic infection with Candida albicans

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 45, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 3934-3941

  Held, Kathrin ^a   Thiel, Steffen ^b   Loos, Michael ^a   Petry, Franz ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Candida; Complement; Infection; Opsonophagocytosis

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE COMPLEMENT PATHWAY C3 C5 CONVERTASE; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1Q; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C2; MANNAN BINDING LECTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CELL INFILTRATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPSONIZATION; PHAGOCYTE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT C2; COMPLEMENT FACTOR B; COMPLEMENT PATHWAY, MANNOSE-BINDING LECTIN; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; MANNOSE-BINDING LECTIN; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; MUS;

EID: 49449089864     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2008.06.021     Document Type: Article

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