Production of Extracellular Traps against Aspergillus fumigatus In Vitro and in Infected Lung Tissue Is Dependent on Invading Neutrophils and Influenced by Hydrophobin RodA

Aspergillus fumigatus is the most important airborne fungal pathogen causing life-threatening infections in immunocompromised patients. Macrophages and neutrophils are known to kill conidia, whereas hyphae are killed mainly by neutrophils. Since hyphae are too large to be engulfed, neutrophils posse...

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Autores principales: Bruns, Sandra, Kniemeyer, Olaf, Hasenberg, Mike, Aimanianda, Vishukumar, Nietzsche, Sandor, Thywißen, Andreas, Jeron, Andreas, Latgé, Jean-Paul, Brakhage, Axel A., Gunzer, Matthias
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2861696/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20442864
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000873

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