Neutrophil Attack Triggers Extracellular Trap-Dependent Candida Cell Wall Remodeling and Altered Immune Recognition

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Hopke, Alex ^a   Nicke, Nadine ^a   Hidu, Erica E ^a   Degani, Genny ^b   Popolo, Laura ^b   Wheeler, Robert T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCAN; DECTIN 1; EPITOPE; INTERLEUKIN 6; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE HOG1; PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTOR; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE; STREPTAVIDIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FUNGUS ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL DISRUPTION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EX VIVO STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR TRAP; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FUNGAL CELL WALL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN VIVO STUDY; INVASIVE CANDIDIASIS; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; CANDIDIASIS; CELL WALL; DISEASE MODEL; HEK293 CELL LINE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMMUNE EVASION; IMMUNOLOGY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; BETA-GLUCANS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CELL WALL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXTRACELLULAR TRAPS; FEMALE; HEK293 CELLS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNE EVASION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEUTROPHILS;

EID: 84973369790     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005644     Document Type: Article

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