| Literature DB >> 2631881 |
S J May1, C C Blackwell, D M Weir.
Abstract
This study tested the hypothesis that the Lewis a blood group antigen found predominantly on the cells of non-secretors might be one of the receptors for Candida species. Binding of strain 3118C to epithelial cells from either secretor or non-secretor donors was not inhibited by treating the cells with anti-Lewis a or anti-Lewis b antisera. Binding of strain 3091 to non-secretor cells was inhibited by pretreating the cells with anti-Lewis a, but this was not observed for secretor cells. The results suggest that Lewis a might be one of the receptors for some yeast strains.Entities:
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Year: 1989 PMID: 2631881 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1989.tb02429.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: FEMS Microbiol Immunol ISSN: 0920-8534