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Aspergillus fumigatusConidia Induce a Th1‐Type Cytokine Response
1 Dec 1997
Abstract excerpt
The response of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (MNC) to Aspergillus fumigatus in vitro was evaluated. In studies of the proliferative response of MNC from 18 healthy donors to heat-killed A. fumigatus conidia, 15 displayed a significant response, with a stimulation index (SI) between 4 and 193. In contrast, all donors displayed a positive response to Candida albicans blastoconidia (SI ranged from 10 to...
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