Elucidating the pathogenesis of spores from the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3491-3500

  Giles, Steven S ^a   Dagenais, Taylor R T ^a   Botts, Michael R ^a   Keller, Nancy P ^a,b   Hull, Christina M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; CD11B ANTIGEN; DECTIN 1; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS SPORE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD11B; BETA-GLUCANS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MACROPHAGES, ALVEOLAR; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED A; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NITRIC OXIDE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 67651205627     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00334-09     Document Type: Article

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