Cryptococcus neoformans and its cell wall components induce similar cytokine profiles in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells despite differences in structure

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 309-318

  Walenkamp, L ^a,b   Chaka, W S ^a   Verheul, A F M ^a   Vaishnav, V V ^a   Cherniak, R ^a   Coenjaerts, F E J ^a   Hoepelman, I M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus neoformans; Cytokine profile; Envelope component

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; CELL STIMULATION; CELL WALL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

BLOOD DONORS; CELL WALL; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; METHYLATION;

EID: 0033485689     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(99)00149-2     Document Type: Article

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