Article
Innate immunity to Paracoccidioides brasiliensis infection.
Mycopathologia - 1 Jan 2000
Calich Vera Lúcia Garcia, da Costa Tânia Alves, Felonato Maíra, Arruda Celina, Bernardino Simone, Loures Flávio Vieira, Ribeiro Laura Raquel Rios, de Cássia Valente-Ferreira Rita, Pina Adriana
Abstract excerpt
Innate immunity is based in pre-existing elements of the immune system that directly interact with all types of microbes leading to their destruction or growth inhibition. Several elements of this early defense mechanism act in concert to control initial pathogen growth and have profound effect on the adaptative immune response that further develops. Although most studies in paracoccidioidomycosis have been...
Topics
- Animals
- Disease Models, Animal
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Host-Pathogen Interactions
- Humans
- Immunity, Innate
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Paracoccidioides
- Paracoccidioidomycosis