Expression of the surface antigens of lymphocytes and the levels of cytokines in mice infected with Aspergillus fumigatus


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FİDAN I., KALKANCI A., Bolat S., Yesilyurt E., Erdal B., Yolbakan S., ...More

JOURNAL OF INFECTION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, vol.2, no.1, pp.34-39, 2008 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

Abstract

Background: Aspergillus fumigatus (A. fumigatus) is an opportunistic fungus that causes invasive aspergillosis. Determining the immune changes during A. fumigatus infection and the factors leading to such changes clearly will make it possible to prevent the spread of the infection and to provide new strategies in the treatment of infection. Thus, the present study aims at determining the changes of lymphocyte surface antigens which develop during A. fumigatus infection and the role of cytokines in immune response.