Cargando…

Inducible expression of beta defensins by human respiratory epithelial cells exposed to Aspergillus fumigatus organisms

BACKGROUND: Aspergillus fumigatus, a saprophytic mould, is responsible for life-threatening, invasive pulmonary diseases in immunocompromised hosts. The role of the airway epithelium involves a complex interaction with the inhaled pathogen. Antimicrobial peptides with direct antifungal and chemotact...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Alekseeva, Ludmila, Huet, Dominique, Féménia, Françoise, Mouyna, Isabelle, Abdelouahab, Mahdia, Cagna, Adrien, Guerrier, Daniel, Tichanné-Seltzer, Virginie, Baeza-Squiban, Armelle, Chermette, René, Latgé, Jean-Paul, Berkova, Nadia
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2653505/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19208266
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-9-33