Cooperative regulation of the host defense to cryptococcal infection by innate immune lymphocytes

Japanese Journal of Medical Mycology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 201-207

  Kinjo, Takeshi ^a   Fujita, Jiro ^a   Kawakami, Kazuyoshi ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

T cells; Antifungal immunity; Cryptococcus neoformans; Innate immunity; NKT (NKT cells)

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GALACTOSYLCERAMIDE; GAMMA INTERFERON; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INNATE IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE; MYCOSIS; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MICE; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 33748484080     PISSN: 09164804     EISSN: 09164804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3314/jjmm.47.201     Document Type: Review

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