Oxidative killing of Cryptococcus neoformans by human neutrophils: Evidence that fungal mannitol protects by scavenging reactive oxygen intermediates

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 156, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 3836-3840

  Chaturvedi, Vishnu ^a   Wong, Brian ^a   Newman, Simon L ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; FERROUS SULFATE; FREE RADICAL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; IODIDE; MANNITOL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SCAVENGER; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY BURST; YEAST CELL;

CELL-FREE SYSTEM; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; HUMANS; MANNITOL; NEUTROPHILS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHAGOCYTOSIS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; RESPIRATORY BURST;

EID: 0029967748     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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