Candida albicans interactions with epithelial cells and mucosal immunity

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 13, Issue 12-13, 2011, Pages 963-976

  Naglik, Julian R ^a   Moyes, David L ^a   Wächtler, Betty ^b   Hube, Bernhard ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active penetration; Candida albicans; Epithelial cells; Induced endocytosis; Mucosal immunity; Pathogen

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ; DECTIN 1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTOR; SYNAPSIN I; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; UVOMORULIN;

APOPTOSIS; CANDIDIASIS; ENDOCYTOSIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE INJURY; TISSUE NECROSIS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; ENDOCYTOSIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 80053385024     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2011.06.009     Document Type: Short Survey

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