Immune responses against Aspergillus fumigatus: What have we learned?

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 315-322

  Cramer, Robert A ^a   Rivera, Amariliz ^b   Hohl, Tobias M ^c  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; fungus; immune response; inflammation; pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

DECTIN 1; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL POPULATION; CELL WALL; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DENDRITIC CELL; FUNGAL CELL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MACROPHAGE; MAMMAL; MICROENVIRONMENT; MONOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS;

ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS;

EID: 79960248786     PISSN: 09517375     EISSN: 14736527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QCO.0b013e328348b159     Document Type: Article

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