Role of adaptive immunity in the pathogenesis of Candida albicans keratitis

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2653-2659

  Zhang, Hongbo ^a,b   Chen, Hao ^b   Niu, Jingyi ^b   Wang, Yiqiang ^a,b   Xie, Lixin ^b  

^a QINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG EYE INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 4; FUNGUS ANTIBODY;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNGUS SPORE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEPOSITION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; INFECTION RESISTANCE; KERATOMYCOSIS; LUNG MYCOSIS; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; TH1 CELL; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BLOOD; CANDIDIASIS; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA ULCER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FUNGAL EYE INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VACCINATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; ANTIBODY FORMATION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL ULCER; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, INNATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-4; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; TH1 CELLS; VACCINATION;

EID: 66849130900     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.08-3104     Document Type: Article

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