Role of extracellular phospholipase B of candida albicans as a virulent factor in experimental keratomycosis

Current Eye Research

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 761-768

  Ma, Lin ^a   Xie, Lixin ^a   Dong, Xiaoguang ^a   Shi, Weiyun ^a  

^a SHANDONG EYE INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Corneal infection; Fungus; Isogenic strain; Phospholipase B

Indexed keywords

LIPOCORTIN 5; LYSOPHOSPHOLIPASE; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL DAMAGE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL PH; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA STROMA; CYTOLYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPERIMENTAL KERATOMYCOSIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS HYPHAE; INCUBATION TIME; INFLAMMATION; INOCULATION; KERATOMYCOSIS; MICROBIAL ADHESION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STROMA CELL; SUPERNATANT; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CELLS, CULTURED; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL STROMA; DINOPROSTONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA, FUNGAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE INFECTIONS, FUNGAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HYPHAE; LYSOPHOSPHOLIPASE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBITS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 70350660971     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: 14602202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02713680903056391     Document Type: Article

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