Capsular polysaccharide of Cryptococcus neoformans induces proinflammatory cytokine release by human neutrophils

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2897-2903

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; POLYMYXIN B; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DOWN REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFLAMMATION; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; YEAST CELL;

EID: 0030037006     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.8.2897-2903.1996     Document Type: Article

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