Activation of platelets by Aspergillus fumigatus and potential role of platelets in the immunopathogenesis of aspergillosis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1269-1275

  Rødland, Ernst Kristian ^a,b   Ueland, Thor ^a,b   Pedersen, Turid M ^a   Halvorsen, Bente ^a,b   Muller, Fredrik ^a,b   Aukrust, Pål ^a,b   Frøland, Stig S ^a,b  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD40 LIGAND; CD63 ANTIGEN; DICKKOPF 1 PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 8; PADGEM PROTEIN; RANTES;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CELL ADHESION; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ANTIGENS, CD; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BLOOD PLATELETS; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHEMOKINE CCL5; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; HYPHAE; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; INTERLEUKIN-8; MONOCYTES; P-SELECTIN; PLATELET ACTIVATION; PLATELET MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 77349119806     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01091-09     Document Type: Article

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