Growth Inhibition of Cryptococcus neoformans by Human Alveolar Macrophages1-4

PB Weinberg, S Becker, DL Granger… - Am Rev Respir Dis, 1987 - atsjournals.org
Macrophage cytotoxicity for Cryptococcus neoformans was investigated by culturing human
alveolar macrophage (AM) with a thln-capsuled clone of C. neoformans In a polypropylene …

Phagocytosis of Cryptococcus neoformans by rat alveolar macrophages

B Bolanos, TG Mitchell - Journal of medical and veterinary …, 1989 - academic.oup.com
A radiolabeling method was developed to investigate the interaction in vitro between
Cryptococcus neoformans and Lewis rat alveolar macrophages (AMφ). AMφ were harvested …

Killing of Cryptococcus neoformans by rat alveolar macrophages

B Bolanos, TG Mitchell - Journal of Medical and Veterinary …, 1989 - Taylor & Francis
The addition of [51Cr]-labeled yeast cells of Cryptococcus neoformans to monolayers of
Lewis rat alveolar macrophages (AMφ) provided a sensitive and reproducible in vitro assay …

Interferon-gamma reduces the capacity of human alveolar macrophages to inhibit growth of Cryptococcus neoformans in vitro.

CC Reardon, SJ Kim, RP Wagner… - American journal of …, 1996 - atsjournals.org
Cytokine stimulation of mouse and rat macrophages has previously been shown to enhance
their capacity to phagocytose and inhibit the growth of Cryptococcus neoformans. To extend …

Growth inhibition of Cryptococcus neoformans by cultured human monocytes: role of the capsule, opsonins, the culture surface, and cytokines

SM Levitz, TP Farrell - Infection and immunity, 1990 - Am Soc Microbiol
Despite a presumed critical role of macrophages in the host response to cryptococcal
infections, previous studies have failed to show growth inhibition of encapsulated …

Phagocytosis of Cryptococcus neoformans by alveolar macrophages

GS Bulmer, JR Tacker - Infection and immunity, 1975 - Am Soc Microbiol
Guinea pig pulmonary macrophages phagocytized but did not kill nonencapsulated cells of
Cryptococcus neoformans. The phagocytic process was inhibited by cryptococcal capsular …

In vivo interaction between alveolar macrophages and Cryptococcus neoformans

K Nessa, NT Gross, C Jarstrand, A Johansson… - Mycopathologia, 1997 - Springer
In vivo interactions of rabbit alveolar macrophages (AM) and Cryptococcus neoformans, a
yeast pathogenic for humans, were studied. As a control, inert silica particles of a similar …

Growth inhibition of Cryptococcus neoformans by cloned cultured murine macrophages

DJ Kitz, CR Johnson, GS Kobayashi, G Medoff… - Cellular …, 1984 - Elsevier
Cloned and unselected bone marrow-derived macrophage cell lines were obtained from
A/J, AKR/J, BIO. A (5R), CBA/J, DBA/2, HPC, NZW, and [NZB X NZW] F 1 mice, and their …

Cryptococcus neoformans: intracellular or extracellular?

SM Levitz - TRENDS in Microbiology, 2001 - cell.com
presented compelling in vitro and in vivo evidence that the encapsulated fungus
Cryptococcus neoformans is a facultative intracellular parasite of macrophages …

Pathogenesis of pulmonary Cryptococcus neoformans infection in the rat

D Goldman, SC Lee, A Casadevall - Infection and immunity, 1994 - Am Soc Microbiol
The pathogenesis of Cryptococcus neoformans pulmonary infection in the rat was studied
after intratracheal inoculation. Lungs were examined at various times following infection for …