Pneumocystis and interactions with host immune receptors

PLoS Pathog. 2018 Feb 22;14(2):e1006807. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006807. eCollection 2018 Feb.

Author

Jennifer Claire Hoving¹

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine (IDM), Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Antigens, Fungal / metabolism*
Host-Pathogen Interactions*
Humans
Immunocompromised Host
Lectins, C-Type / metabolism
Models, Immunological*
Opportunistic Infections / immunology*
Opportunistic Infections / microbiology
Phagocytosis
Pneumocystis / immunology
Pneumocystis / physiology*
Pneumocystis Infections / immunology*
Pneumocystis Infections / microbiology
Receptors, Immunologic / metabolism*
Receptors, Pattern Recognition / metabolism

Substances

Antigens, Fungal
Lectins, C-Type
Receptors, Immunologic
Receptors, Pattern Recognition

Grants and funding

JCH is funded by the Carnegie Corporation DEAL grant, National Research Foundation Research Career Advancement Award and Medical Research Council of South Africa. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.