Cellular and molecular mechanisms of resistance to oral Candida albicans infections

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 13, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 5345-5358

  Saunus, Jodi Marie ^a   Kazoullis, Andrea ^a   Farah, Camile Selim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Fungus; Host response; Interleukin 12; Interleukin 17; Interleukin 23; Oral; Review; Th1; Th17; Thrush

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MUS;

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 23;

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; LEUKOCYTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; THRUSH;

ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS, ORAL; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-23; LEUKOCYTES;

EID: 52049119872     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/3085     Document Type: Review

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