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Alternative Pathway of Complement Activation by Candida Albicans
Author(s) -
Thong Y. H.,
Ferrante A.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1978.tb04850.x
Subject(s) - candida albicans , alternative complement pathway , complement system , microbiology and biotechnology , complement (music) , corpus albicans , medicine , immunology , biology , antibody , biochemistry , complementation , gene , phenotype
Summary: Alternative pathway of complement activation by Candida albicans. Y. H. Thong and A. Ferrante, Aust. N.Z. J. Med. 1978, 8 , pp. 620–622. Activation of the alternative pathway of complement by Candida albicans was examined using a chemotactic assay. Two serologically defined strains and eight clinical isolates of Candida albicans were used in these experiments. The results showed that all ten strains of Candida albicans were capable of alternative complement pathway activation. These findings may provide an insight into host resistance to this infection.