Automated quantification of the phagocytosis of Aspergillus fumigatus conidia by a novel image analysis algorithm

Automated quantification of the phagocytosis of Aspergillus fumigatus conidia by a novel image analysis algorithm

Studying the pathobiology of the fungus Aspergillus fumigatus has gained a lot of attention in recentyears. This is due to the fact that this fungus is a human pathogen that can cause severe diseases, likeinvasive pulmonary aspergillosis in immunocompromised patients. Because alveolar macrophagesbel...

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Main Authors: Kaswara eKraibooj, Hanno eSchoeler, Carl Magnus Svensson, Axel A Brakhage, Marc Thilo eFigge
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Aspergillus fumigatus
host-pathogen interaction
alveolar macrophages
Phagocytosis assay
automated image analysis.
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00549/full

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