Intravascular clearance of disseminating Cryptococcus neoformans in the brain can be improved by enhancing neutrophil recruitment in mice

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1704-1714

  Sun, Donglei ^a   Zhang, Mingshun ^a,b   Liu, Gongguan ^a   Wu, Hui ^a   Li, Chang ^a   Zhou, Hong ^b   Zhang, Xiquan ^c   Shi, Meiqing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Actin polymerization; C. neoformans; C5aR; Dissemination; Intravascular clearance; Neutrophil

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C5; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C5A RECEPTOR;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGAL CLEARANCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGEN CLEARANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84978264548     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201546239     Document Type: Article

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