Genetic variability of innate immunity impacts human susceptibility to fungal diseases

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Carvalho, Agostinho ^a   Cunha, Cristina ^a   Pasqualotto, Alessandro C ^b   Pitzurra, Lucia ^a   Denning, David W ^c   Romani, Luigina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fungi; Infection; Innate immunity; Polymorphism; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; DECTIN 1; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 9; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN 2; PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTOR; PENTRAXIN 3; SURFACTANT ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ALLELE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFECTION RISK; INNATE IMMUNITY; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MYCOSES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, PATTERN RECOGNITION;

EID: 77952237239     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.06.028     Document Type: Review

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