NETs formed by human neutrophils inhibit growth of the pathogenic mold Aspergillus fumigatus

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 12, Issue 12-13, 2010, Pages 928-936

  McCormick, Allison ^a   Heesemann, Leonie ^a   Wagener, Johannes ^a   Marcos, Veronica ^a   Hartl, Dominik ^a   Loeffler, Jürgen ^b   Heesemann, Jürgen ^a   Ebel, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Fungal infection; Innate immune response; NET; Neutrophils

Indexed keywords

CALGRANULIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGUS GROWTH; GERMINATION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE L1 ANTIGEN COMPLEX; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; NEUTROPHILS; SPORES, FUNGAL; ZINC;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS;

EID: 77958091269     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2010.06.009     Document Type: Article

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