Genetic susceptibility to Aspergillus fumigatus infections

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 301, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 445-452

  Ok, Michael ^a   Einsele, Hermann ^a   Loeffler, Juergen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Invasive aspergillosis; Mannose binding lectin; Plasminogen; Single nucleotide polymorphism; Toll like receptor

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 4 RECEPTOR ALPHA; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 9; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR 2;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGAL GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CYTOKINES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC;

EID: 79956360331     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2011.04.013     Document Type: Short Survey

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