Studies on galactofuranose-containing glycostructures of the pathogenic mold Aspergillus fumigatus

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 301, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 523-530

  Heesemann, Leonie ^a   Kotz, Andrea ^a   Echtenacher, Bernd ^b   Broniszewska, Marzena ^a   Routier, Françoise ^c   Hoffmann, Petra ^b   Ebel, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Cell wall; Diagnostics; Galactofuranose; Galactomannan; Immunohistology; Monoclonal antibodies; Pathogen associated molecular pattern

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1Q; CYTOKINE; FUNGUS ANTIBODY; GALACTOFURANOSE; GALACTOMANNAN; GALACTOMANNAN ANTIBODY; HEXOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M L10 1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M L99-13; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RESPONSE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MORPHOTYPE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CELL WALL; COMPLEMENT C1Q; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GALACTOSE; HUMANS; HYBRIDOMAS; HYPHAE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN-10; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MANNANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUTATION;

EID: 79960250889     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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