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Complement-mediated Fungal Defense

Complement-Mediated Fungal Defense is a host immune mechanism, within the broader class of innate antifungal defenses, that specifically employs the complement system to recognize, opsonize, and clear fungal pathogens through lytic or phagocytic pathways.

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2017–2026

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Role of complement and Fcγ receptors in the protective activity of the long pentraxin PTX3 against Aspergillus fumigatus

Federica Moalli, Andrea Doni, Livija Deban et al. · Blood · 2010 · 204 citations · Full text

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Mechanisms of host defense against Candida species. I. Phagocytosis by monocytes and monocyte-derived macrophages

László Maródi, Helen M. Korchak, Richard B. Johnston · The Journal of Immunology · 1991 · 202 citations

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The yeast Candida albicans evades human complement attack by secretion of aspartic proteases

Katharina Gropp, Lydia Schild, Susann Schindler et al. · Molecular Immunology · 2009 · 173 citations

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Candida albicans and Candida stellatoidea, in contrast to other Candida species, bind iC3b and C3d but not C3b

F Heidenreich, M. P. Dierich · Infection and Immunity · 1985 · 159 citations · Full text

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Identification of App1 as a regulator of phagocytosis and virulence of Cryptococcus neoformans

Chiara Luberto, Beatriz Martinez-Mariño, Daniel Taraskiewicz et al. · Journal of Clinical Investigation · 2003 · 150 citations · Full text

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Authors

512

  1. PF
    Peter F. Zipfel

    Leibniz-Institut für Naturstoff-Forschung und Infektionsbiologie e. V. - Hans-Knöll-Institut (HKI), Germany

    11 publications · 924 citations

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  2. RC
    Richard Calderone

    Georgetown University, United States

    7 publications · 282 citations

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  3. CS
    Christine Skerka

    Leibniz-Institut für Naturstoff-Forschung und Infektionsbiologie e. V. - Hans-Knöll-Institut (HKI), Germany

    7 publications · 490 citations

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  4. TR
    Thomas R. Kozel

    University of Nevada, Reno, United States

    7 publications · 412 citations

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  5. CL
    Cornelia Lass‐Flörl

    Innsbruck Medical University, Austria

    7 publications · 232 citations

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Institutions

213

  1. Leibniz-Institut für Naturstoff-Forschung und Infektionsbiologie e. V. - Hans-Knöll-Institut (HKI)

    Jena, Germany

    12 h-index

    57 publications

    4.5K citations

  2. Friedrich Schiller University Jena

    Jena, Germany

    11 h-index

    19 publications

    1.4K citations

  3. Innsbruck Medical University

    Innsbruck, Austria

    8 h-index

    58 publications

    1.8K citations

  4. University of Nevada, Reno

    Reno, United States

    6 h-index

    17 publications

    1.1K citations

  5. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

    Bethesda, United States

    4 h-index

    14 publications

    1.3K citations

  6. Montana State University

    Bozeman, United States

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    624 citations

  7. Bipar

    Maisons-Alfort, France

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    376 citations

  8. Medical University of South Carolina

    Charleston, United States

    3 h-index

    12 publications

    888 citations

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  1. Infection and Immunity

    IAI · 31 publications · 1.7K citations

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  2. The Journal of Immunology

    JI · 9 publications · 818 citations

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  3. The Journal of Infectious Diseases

    JID · 6 publications · 456 citations

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  4. PubMed

    Repository · 6 publications · 270 citations

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  5. Molecular Immunology

    5 publications · 367 citations

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