Human Natural Killer Cells Acting as Phagocytes Against Candida albicans and Mounting an Inflammatory Response That Modulates Neutrophil Antifungal Activity | Zendy

Jessica Voigt | Zendy; Kerstin Hünniger | Zendy; Maria Bouzani | Zendy; Ilse D. Jacobsen | Zendy; Dagmar Barz | Zendy; Bernhard Hube | Zendy; Jürgen Löffler | Zendy; Oliver Kurzai | Zendy

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Human Natural Killer Cells Acting as Phagocytes Against Candida albicans and Mounting an Inflammatory Response That Modulates Neutrophil Antifungal Activity

Author(s) -

Jessica Voigt,

Kerstin Hünniger,

Maria Bouzani,

Ilse D. Jacobsen,

Dagmar Barz,

Bernhard Hube,

Jürgen Löffler,

Oliver Kurzai

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

the journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69

H-Index - 252

eISSN - 1537-6613

pISSN - 0022-1899

DOI - 10.1093/infdis/jit574

Subject(s) - candida albicans , degranulation , biology , phagocytosis , microbiology and biotechnology , proinflammatory cytokine , natural killer cell , tumor necrosis factor alpha , cytotoxic t cell , phagocyte , corpus albicans , innate immune system , immunology , immune system , inflammation , in vitro , biochemistry , receptor

Natural killer (NK) cells are innate lymphocytes with potent cytotoxic activity. Whereas activity of NK cells has been demonstrated against the fungal pathogens Aspergillus fumigatus and Cryptococcus neoformans, little was known about their interaction with Candida albicans.

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