Purified capsular polysaccharide of Cryptococcus neoformans induces interleukin-10 secretion by human monocytes

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2846-2849

  Vecchiarelli, Anna ^a   Retini, Cinzia ^a   Monari, Claudia ^a   Tascini, Carlo ^a   Bistoni, Francesco ^a   Kozel, Thomas R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIGEN; GLUCURONOXYLMANNAN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; POLYMYXIN B; POLYSACCHARIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; ENCAPSULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOREGULATION; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029882385     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.7.2846-2849.1996     Document Type: Article

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