Surface structure characterization of Aspergillus fumigatus conidia mutated in the melanin synthesis pathway and their human cellular immune response

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 3141-3153

  Bayry, Jagadeesh ^a,b   Beaussart, Audrey ^c   Dufrêne, Yves F ^c   Sharma, Meenu ^a,b   Bansal, Kushagra ^a,b   Kniemeyer, Olaf ^d,e   Aimanianda, Vishukumar ^f   Brakhage, Axel A ^d   Kaveri, Srini V ^a,b   Kwon Chung, Kyung J ^g   Latgé, Jean Paul ^f   Beauvais, Anne ^f  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DES CORDELIERS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^d FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^e JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^f INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 5; MELANIN; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL SURFACE; CELL WALL; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DELETION MUTANT; DENDRITIC CELL; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MELANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; WILD TYPE;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CYTOKINES; DENDRITIC CELLS; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; MELANINS; SPORES, FUNGAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84904760744     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01726-14     Document Type: Article

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