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ReviewSeminars in immunopathology2015

Interference of Aspergillus fumigatus with the immune response.

Thorsten Heinekamp, Hella Schmidt, Katrin Lapp, Vera Pähtz, Iordana Shopova, Nora Köster-Eiserfunke, Thomas Krüger, Olaf Kniemeyer, Axel A Brakhage

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Review in Seminars in immunopathology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 68 papers.

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68 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Thorsten HeinekampDepartment of Molecular and Applied Microbiology, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (HKI), Jena, Germany, thorsten.heinekamp@hki-jena.de.
Hella Schmidt
Katrin Lapp
Vera Pähtz
Iordana Shopova
Nora Köster-Eiserfunke
Thomas Krüger
Olaf Kniemeyer
Axel A Brakhage

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aspergillus fumigatus is a saprotrophic filamentous fungus and also the most prevalent airborne fungal pathogen of humans. Depending on the host's immune status, the variety of diseases caused by A. fumigatus ranges from allergies in immunocompetent hosts to life-threatening invasive infections in patients with impaired immunity. In contrast to the majority of other Aspergillus species, which are in most cases nonpathogenic, A. fumigatus features an armory of virulence determinants to establish an infection. For example, A. fumigatus is able to evade the human complement system by binding or degrading complement regulators. Furthermore, the fungus interferes with lung epithelial cells, alveolar macrophages, and neutrophil granulocytes to prevent killing by these immune cells. This chapter summarizes the different strategies of A. fumigatus to manipulate the immune response. We also discuss the potential impact of recent advances in immunoproteomics to improve diagnosis and therapy of an A. fumigatus infection.

Indexed as

Alveolar Epithelial CellsAntigens, FungalAspergillosisAspergillus fumigatusComplement System ProteinsHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansImmune EvasionMacrophages, AlveolarNeutrophilsProteomicsAntigens, FungalComplement System Proteins

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PMID25404120
PMCPMC4326658

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