Opsonizing properties of rat ficolin-A in the defence against Cryptococcus neoformans

Immunobiology

Volumn 218, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 477-483

  Schelenz, Silke ^a   Kirchhof, Nicole ^a   Bidula, Stefan ^a   Wallis, Russell ^b   Sexton, Darren W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus neoformans; Ficolin A; Innate immunity; Lung epithelium

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; FICOLIN; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; MANNAN; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL INTERACTION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IN VITRO STUDY; INNATE IMMUNITY; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; OPSONIZATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RAT; SEROTYPE;

ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; ANIMALS; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LECTINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RATS;

EID: 84875278088     PISSN: 01712985     EISSN: 18783279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imbio.2012.06.006     Document Type: Article

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