Pathogenic yeasts cryptococcus neoformans and Candida albicans produce immunomodulatory prostaglandins

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 2957-2963

  Noverr, M C ^a   Phare, S M ^a   Toews, G B ^a   Coffey, M J ^a   Huffnagle, G B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; CHEMOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 10; LIPID; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGUS GROWTH; HOST CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIRULENCE; YEAST;

ANIMALS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; INDOMETHACIN; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED CBA; PROSTAGLANDINS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0035055325     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.5.2957-2963.2001     Document Type: Article

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