Lewis a blood group antigen of non-secretors: a receptor for candida blastospores
- 1 June 1989
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in FEMS Microbiology Letters
- Vol. 47 (6-7) , 407-409
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-1097(89)90266-8
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 cell 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.Keywords
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