Arming Th17 cells for antifungal host defense

Current Fungal Infection Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 138-143

  Gladiator, André ^a   Trautwein Weidner, Kerstin ^a   Bär, Eva ^a   Leibundgut Landmann, Salomé ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antigen specificity; C type lectin receptors; CD4+ T cells; Dendritic cells; IL 17; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 23; INTERLEUKIN 6; INVASIN;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; HOST RESISTANCE; MYCOSIS; TH17 CELL;

EID: 84882869727     PISSN: 19363761     EISSN: 1936377X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12281-013-0130-5     Document Type: Article

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