1. Aspergillus fumigatus in cystic fibrosis: An update on immune interactions and molecular diagnostics in allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
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Joana Vitte, Jean-Christophe Dubus, Thomas Romain, Martine Reynaud-Gaubert, Stéphane Ranque, Ania Carsin, Jean-Louis Mege, COMBE, Isabelle, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille (APHM), Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes (URMITE), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-IFR48, Institut des sciences biologiques (INSB-CNRS)-Institut des sciences biologiques (INSB-CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses Tropicales Emergentes (URMITE), Institut des sciences biologiques (INSB-CNRS)-Institut des sciences biologiques (INSB-CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-IFR48, INSB-INSB-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and INSB-INSB-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-IFR48
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0301 basic medicine ,Pathology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Cystic Fibrosis ,Immunology ,Cystic fibrosis ,Aspergillus fumigatus ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Immune system ,Fibrosis ,medicine ,Humans ,Immunology and Allergy ,[SDV.MHEP] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology ,biology ,business.industry ,Aspergillosis, Allergic Bronchopulmonary ,biology.organism_classification ,medicine.disease ,Molecular diagnostics ,3. Good health ,030104 developmental biology ,030228 respiratory system ,Respiratory failure ,Host-Pathogen Interactions ,biology.protein ,Antibody ,Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis ,business ,[SDV.MHEP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology - Abstract
International audience; A wide spectrum of pathological conditions may result from the interaction of Aspergillus fumigatus and the immune system of its human host. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis is one of the most severe A.fumigatus-related diseases due to possible evolution toward pleuropulmonary fibrosis and respiratory failure. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis occurs almost exclusively in cystic fibrosis or asthmatic patients. An estimated 8%-10% of patients with cystic fibrosis experience this condition. The diagnosis of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis relies on criteria first established in 1977. Progress in the understanding of host-pathogen interactions in A.fumigatus and patients with cystic fibrosis and the ongoing validation of novel laboratory tools concur to update and improve the diagnosis of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis.
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- 2017