Contribution of interferon-γ in protecting mice during pulmonary and disseminated infection with Cryptococcus neoformans

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 123-130

  Kawakami, Kazuyoshi ^a   Tohyama, Masaki ^a   Teruya, Katsuji ^a   Kudeken, Norifumi ^a   Xie, Qifeng ^a   Saito, Atsushi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain; Cryptococcus neoformans; Dissemination; IFN ; Lung; Pulmonary cryptococcosis

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT GAMMA INTERFERON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; HOST RESISTANCE; LUNG INFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029925468     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0928-8244(95)00093-3     Document Type: Article

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