Interleukin 17-mediated host defense against candida albicans

Pathogens

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 606-619

  Sparber, Florian ^a   LeibundGut Landmann, Salomé ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis; Interleukin 17; Mouse models

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 17F; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 23; INTERLEUKIN 6; JANUS KINASE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; STAT PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; AUTOINFLAMMATORY DISEASE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL PERMEABILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INVASIVE CANDIDIASIS; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MUCOCUTANEOUS CANDIDIASIS; MUTATION; MYCOSIS; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; OROPHARYNX CANDIDIASIS; PSORIASIS; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS;

EID: 84976293756     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20760817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/pathogens4030606     Document Type: Review

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