How the host fights against Candida infections

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 4363-4375

  Richardson, Malcolm ^a   Rautemaa, Riina ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c Surgical Hospital   (Finland)

Author keywords

Candida; Infection; Invasion; Review; Yeast

Indexed keywords

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS;

DEFENSIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; DENDRITIC CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MUCOSA; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; DEFENSINS; DENDRITIC CELLS; HUMANS; LIPASE; MUCOUS MEMBRANE;

EID: 63849262952     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/3533     Document Type: Review

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