Candida albicans-epithelial interactions and pathogenicity mechanisms: Scratching the surface

Virulence

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 338-346

  Moyes, David L ^a   Richardson, Jonathan P ^a   Naglik, Julian R ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Candida albicans; Epithelial cells; Fungal infection; Fungal recognition; Host pathogen interaction; Invasion

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; ALA1 PROTEIN, CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ADHESION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CELL ACTIVATION; DNA BINDING; ENDOCYTOSIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

ADHESIVENESS; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; ENDOCYTOSIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MICE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84944452063     PISSN: 21505594     EISSN: 21505608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21505594.2015.1012981     Document Type: Article

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