NK cells eliminate Cryptococcus neoformans by potentiating the fungicidal activity of macrophages rather than by directly killing them upon stimulation with IL-12 and IL-18

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1043-1050

  Kawakami, Kazuyoshi ^a   Koguchi, Yoshinobu ^a   Qureshi, Mahboob Hossain ^a,b   Yara, Satomi ^a   Kinjo, Yuki ^a   Uezu, Koari ^a   Saito, Atsushi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus neoformans; IL 12; IL 18; Macrophages; NK cells

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 18; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NITRIC OXIDE; THIOGLYCOLIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CYTOTOXICITY; FEMALE; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; HOST RESISTANCE; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; YEAST CELL;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-8; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, SCID; SPLEEN;

ANIMALIA; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 0034537115     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2000.tb02601.x     Document Type: Article

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