Pulmonary immune responses against Aspergillus fumigatus are characterized by high frequencies of IL-17 producing T-cells

Journal of Infection

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 81-88

  Jolink, Hetty ^a   de Boer, Renate ^a,d   Hombrink, Pleun ^b   Jonkers, René E ^c   van Dissel, Jaap T ^a   Falkenburg, J H Frederik ^a   Heemskerk, Mirjam H M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SANQUIN RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Cytokines; Lung diseases, fungal; T lymphocytes; Th17 cells

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; CYTOKINE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INNATE IMMUNITY; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SMOKING; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH17 CELL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; IMMUNOLOGY; INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICROBIOLOGY; TH1 CELL;

AGED; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-17; INVASIVE PULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; TH1 CELLS; TH17 CELLS;

EID: 85006141177     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2016.10.010     Document Type: Article

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