Interference of Aspergillus fumigatus with the immune response

Seminars in Immunopathology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 141-152

  Heinekamp, Thorsten ^a   Schmidt, Hella ^a   Lapp, Katrin ^a   Pähtz, Vera ^a   Shopova, Iordana ^a   Köster Eiserfunke, Nora ^a   Krüger, Thomas ^a   Kniemeyer, Olaf ^a,b   Brakhage, Axel A ^a,c  

^a HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

(immuno ) proteomics; Aspergillus fumigatus; Complement; Epithelial cells; Immune evasion; Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs); Phagocytes

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENT;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; CONIDIUM; HUMAN; IMMUNE EVASION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM CELL; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; ASPERGILLOSIS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNE EVASION; MACROPHAGES, ALVEOLAR; NEUTROPHILS; PNEUMOCYTES; PROTEOMICS;

EID: 84930189003     PISSN: 18632297     EISSN: 18632300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00281-014-0465-1     Document Type: Review

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