The innate immune response to Aspergillus fumigatus at the alveolar surface

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 670-687

  Margalit, Anatte ^a   Kavanagh, Kevin ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Aspergillosis; Aspergillus; Immunity; Innate immunity; Invasive; Pulmonary

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN; BETA INTERFERON; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CASPASE RECRUITMENT DOMAIN PROTEIN 15; CHITINASE; CLASSICAL COMPLEMENT PATHWAY C3 C5 CONVERTASE; COLLECTIN; CRYOPYRIN; DECTIN 1; FICOLIN; GAMMA INTERFERON INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 10; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN 8; LACTOFERRIN; LECTIN; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE; MYELOID DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 88; PENTRAXIN 3; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 9; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRF2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ADOPTIVE IMMUNOTHERAPY; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONIDIUM; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DENDRITIC CELL; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; MAST CELL; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MUCOCILIARY CLEARANCE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; REVIEW; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; IMMUNOCOMPROMIZED PATIENT; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG ALVEOLUS; MICROBIOLOGY;

ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; PULMONARY ALVEOLI;

EID: 84947558607     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/femsre/fuv018     Document Type: Review

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