Evaluation of the expression of TLR-2, Dectin-1 and TNF-α level in invasive aspergillosis in cancer mice

Comparative Clinical Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 601-605

  Reza, Khosravi Ali ^a   Noushin, Sohrabi ^a   Zuhair, Hassan ^b   Mehdi, Mahdavi ^b   Ali, Amini Abbas ^c   Majid, Tebianian ^b,d   Hojjatollah, Shokri ^a   Hoseinali, Ebrahimzadeh Mousavi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d RAZI VACCINE AND SERUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cytokines; Invasive aspergillosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 78349307298     PISSN: 16185641     EISSN: 1618565X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00580-009-0932-6     Document Type: Article

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