Chitinases in Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 201, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 337-348

  Villegas, Leah R ^a   Kottom, Theodore J ^a   Limper, Andrew H ^a,b  

^a Thoracic Diseases Research Unit   (United States)

^b MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidic mammalian chitinase; Cell wall; Chitin; Chitinase; Chitotriosidase; Chs5; Pneumocystis carinii

Indexed keywords

CHITIN DERIVATIVE; CHITIN SYNTHASE; CHITINASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHS5 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FUNGAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE LOCATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PCCHS5 GENE; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL WALL; CELLS, CULTURED; CHITIN; CHITIN SYNTHASE; CHITINASE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; LUNG; MACROPHAGES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; RATS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84864329311     PISSN: 03008584     EISSN: 14321831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00430-012-0239-0     Document Type: Article

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