Interactions of fungal pathogens with phagocytes

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 163-176

  Erwig, Lars P ^a,b   Gow, Neil A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SIZE; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL CELL WALL; FUNGUS; IMMUNE EVASION; LYSIS; MACROPHAGE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHAGOLYSOSOME; PHAGOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNE EVASION; IMMUNITY, INNATE; PHAGOCYTES;

EID: 84958184224     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: 17401534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro.2015.21     Document Type: Review

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