Cryptococcus neoformans induces alterations in the cytoskeleton of human brain microvascular endothelial cells

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 961-970

  Chen, Steven H M ^a   Stins, Monique F ^b   Huang, Sheng He ^a   Chen, Yu Hua ^a   Kwon Chung, K J ^c   Chang, Yun ^c   Kim, Kwang Sik ^b   Suzuki, Kazuhiro ^d   Jong, Ambrose Y ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 (1 AMINOETHYL) N (4 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; COFILIN; VANADATE SODIUM; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; ACTIN DEPOLYMERIZING FACTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OCCLUDIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN MICROCIRCULATION; CELL ADHESION; CELL STRUCTURE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CYTOSKELETON; ENCAPSULATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MITOCHONDRION SWELLING; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCYTOSIS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BRAIN; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; METABOLISM; MICROCIRCULATION; PATHOGENICITY; SOLUBILITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASCULARIZATION;

ACTIN DEPOLYMERIZING FACTORS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BRAIN; CELLS, CULTURED; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CYTOSKELETON; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PHOSPHORYLATION; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 0242450370     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.05230-0     Document Type: Article

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