Disruption of the phospholipase D gene attenuates the virulence of Aspergillus fumigatus

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 429-440

  Li, Xianping ^a,b   Gao, Meihua ^a   Han, Xuelin ^b   Tao, Sha ^b   Zheng, Dongyu ^b   Cheng, Ying ^c   Yu, Rentao ^b   Han, Gaige ^b   Schmidt, Martina ^d   Han, Li ^b  

^a QINGDAO UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

^c CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTANOL; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FUNGAL ENZYME; HYDROCORTISONE ACETATE; PHOSPHATIDIC ACID; PHOSPHOLIPASE D; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FUNGAL SPORE GERMINATION; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INTERNALIZATION; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIOFILMS; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHOSPHOLIPASE D; SPORES, FUNGAL; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84863294667     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.05830-11     Document Type: Article

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