Glucuronoxylomannan-mediated interaction of Cryptococcus neoformans with human alveolar cells results in fungal internalization and host cell damage

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 493-502

  Barbosa, Fabiane M ^a   Fonseca, Fernanda L ^a   Holandino, Carla ^a   Alviano, Celuta S ^a   Nimrichter, Leonardo ^a,b   Rodrigues, Marcio L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alveolar epithelium; Cryptococcus neoformans; Glucuronoxylomannan

Indexed keywords

GLUCURONOXYLOMANNAN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DEATH; CELL ENCAPSULATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL SURFACE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGUS; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; LUNG INFECTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CELL LINE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; POLYSACCHARIDES; PULMONARY ALVEOLI;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI;

EID: 32244443953     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2005.07.027     Document Type: Article

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