Pulmonary immune responses to Aspergillus fumigatus in an immunocompetent mouse model of repeated exposures

Journal of Immunotoxicology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 180-189

  Buskirk, Amanda D ^a,b   Templeton, Steven P ^a,c   Nayak, Ajay P ^a   Hettick, Justin M ^a   Law, Brandon F ^a   Green, Brett J ^a   Beezhold, Donald H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Indiana University   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Immune response; Melanin; Tc17 cells

Indexed keywords

MELANIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE; TETRAHYDROXYNAPTHALENE REDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONIDIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FUNGAL STRAIN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MELANOGENESIS; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; LUNG; MELANINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEUTROPHILS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

EID: 84897586092     PISSN: 1547691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/1547691X.2013.819054     Document Type: Article

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