Role of a CUF1/CTR4 copper regulatory axis in the virulence of Cryptococcus neoformans

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 794-802

  Waterman, Scott R ^a   Hacham, Moshe ^a   Hu, Guowu ^a   Zhu, Xudong ^a   Park, Yoon Dong ^a   Shin, Soowan ^a   Panepinto, John ^a   Valyi Nagy, Tibor ^b   Beam, Craig ^b   Husain, Shahid ^c   Singh, Nina ^c   Williamson, Peter R ^a,b,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JESSE BROWN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Jesse Brown VA Medical Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; COPPER; CRYPTOCOCCAL COPPER DEPENDENT TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; CUF1 DEPENDENT COPPER TRANSPORTER 4; CYCLOSPORIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DISEASE COURSE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; LUNG; LUNG DISEASE; MACROPHAGE; MONOTHERAPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; COPPER; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HUMANS; LUNG; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 33847368172     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI30006     Document Type: Article

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