Expression of innate and adaptive immune mediators in human corneal tissue infected with Aspergillus or Fusarium

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 204, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 942-950

  Karthikeyan, Rajapandian Sivaganesa ^a   Leal Jr , Sixto M ^c   Prajna, Namperumalsamy Venkatesh ^a   Dharmalingam, Kuppamuthu ^b   Geiser, David M ^d   Pearlman, Eric ^c   Lalitha, Prajna ^a  

^a ARAVIND EYE HOSPITAL   (India)

^b MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOPYRIN; DECTIN 1; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 8; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 9; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS KERATITIS; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CORNEA ULCER; FEMALE; FUSARIOSIS; FUSARIUM SOLANI; FUSARIUM SOLANI KERATITIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; INNATE IMMUNITY; KERATITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CORNEA; FEMALE; FUSARIUM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; INDIA; KERATITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TH1 CELLS; TH17 CELLS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052220145     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jir426     Document Type: Article

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