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In vitro effect of fibrinogen on Candida albicans germ tube formation

Rodrigues, A ; Vaz, C P ; Mårdh, Per-Anders LU ; da Fonseca, A F and de Oliveira, J M (1999) In APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica 107(11). p.1020-1022
Abstract
Pseudohyphae formation by Candida albicans blastoconidia, as seen in vaginal smears, is a phenotypical change commonly assumed to mean fungal invasiveness, i.e. not mere colonization. C. albicans forms germ tubes in vitro in the presence of serum. In our search for inhibitory components of germ tube formation, we decided to study fibrinogen. The inhibition of germ tube formation by clinical isolates of C. albicans was evaluated in the presence of serial concentrations of fraction I, type IV and fraction I, type Is of fibrinogen from bovine plasma. Fibrinogen showed a dose-dependent, pH-independent inhibitory effect on the germ tube formation by C. albicans.
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APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica
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107
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  abstract     = {{Pseudohyphae formation by Candida albicans blastoconidia, as seen in vaginal smears, is a phenotypical change commonly assumed to mean fungal invasiveness, i.e. not mere colonization. C. albicans forms germ tubes in vitro in the presence of serum. In our search for inhibitory components of germ tube formation, we decided to study fibrinogen. The inhibition of germ tube formation by clinical isolates of C. albicans was evaluated in the presence of serial concentrations of fraction I, type IV and fraction I, type Is of fibrinogen from bovine plasma. Fibrinogen showed a dose-dependent, pH-independent inhibitory effect on the germ tube formation by C. albicans.}},
  author       = {{Rodrigues, A and Vaz, C P and Mårdh, Per-Anders and da Fonseca, A F and de Oliveira, J M}},
  issn         = {{1600-0463}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{11}},
  pages        = {{1020--1022}},
  publisher    = {{John Wiley & Sons Inc.}},
  series       = {{APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica}},
  title        = {{In vitro effect of fibrinogen on Candida albicans germ tube formation}},
  volume       = {{107}},
  year         = {{1999}},
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