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. 1989 Jun;1(6-7):407-9.
doi: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1989.tb02429.x.

Lewis a blood group antigen of non-secretors: a receptor for candida blastospores

S J May  1 , C C Blackwell, D M Weir
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Lewis a blood group antigen of non-secretors: a receptor for candida blastospores

S J May et al. FEMS Microbiol Immunol. 1989 Jun.

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.

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