Detection of antibodies against Paracoccidioides brasiliensis melanin in in vitro and in vivo studies during infection

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1680-1688

  Urán, Martha E ^a,b   Nosanchuk, Joshua D ^c   Restrepo, Angela ^a   Hamilton, Andrew J ^d   Gómez, Beatriz L ^a,d   Cano, Luz E ^a,b,e  

^a Unidad de Biología Celular y Molecular   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PONTIFICIA BOLIVARIANA   (Colombia)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABCIXIMAB; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1 KAPPA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LEVODOPA; MELANIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 2GA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 7E1; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 7E2; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 7FC; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 8C1; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 8C3; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 8GA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 8GD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; CUTTLEFISH; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FUNGAL METABOLISM; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG MYCOSIS; LUNG PARACOCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; MELANOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YEAST CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CROSS REACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MELANINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; PARACOCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; SERUM;

EID: 80053458020     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.05099-11     Document Type: Article

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