Role of ficolin-A and lectin complement pathway in the innate defense against pathogenic aspergillus species

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1730-1740

  Bidula, Stefan ^a   Kenawy, Hany ^b,c   Ali, Youssif M ^b,c   Sexton, Darren ^a   Schwaeble, Wilhelm J ^b   Schelenz, Silke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; FICOLIN; FICOLIN A; INTERLEUKIN 8; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN A; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN C; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT LECTIN PATHWAY; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS IMMUNITY; INNATE IMMUNITY; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPSONIZATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; ASPERGILLUS; COMPLEMENT PATHWAY, MANNOSE-BINDING LECTIN; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INTERLEUKIN-8; LECTINS; RATS;

EID: 84877794552     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00032-13     Document Type: Article

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