Innate immunity to Aspergillus species

Clinical Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 535-551

  Park, Stacy J ^a   Mehrad, Borna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE;

ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; MONOCYTE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; THROMBOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE;

ASPERGILLUS;

EID: 70449123987     PISSN: 08938512     EISSN: 10986618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CMR.00014-09     Document Type: Review

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