Farnesol as a quorum-sensing molecule in Candida albicans

Japanese Journal of Medical Mycology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 281-286

  Cho, Tamaki ^a   Aoyama, Toshihiro ^b   Toyoda, Mika ^a   Nakayama, Hironobu ^b   Chibana, Hiroji ^c   Kaminishi, Hidenori ^a   Calderone, Richard A ^d  

^a FUKUOKA DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b SUZUKA NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FARNESOL; FARNESYL DIPHOSPHATE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GCN4P; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MIG1P; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NGR1P; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SSN6P; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TUP1P; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CELL DENSITY; CELL WALL; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DNA MICROARRAY; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; QUORUM SENSING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TH1 CELL; UPREGULATION;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; FARNESOL; QUORUM SENSING;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 56549122124     PISSN: 09164804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3314/jjmm.49.281     Document Type: Article

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