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Elimination of Aspergillus fumigatus conidia from the airways of mice with allergic airway inflammation

BACKGROUND: Aspergillus fumigatus conidia can exacerbate asthma symptoms. Phagocytosis of conidia is a principal component of the host antifungal defense. We investigated whether allergic airway inflammation (AAI) affects the ability of phagocytic cells in the airways to internalize the resting fung...

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Autores principales: Shevchenko, Marina A, Bolkhovitina, Elena L, Servuli, Ekaterina A, Sapozhnikov, Alexander M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3735401/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23890251
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-14-78