Cryptococcus is an invasive fungus that seriously endangers human life and health, with a
complex and well-established immune-escaping mechanism that interferes with the function …

Cell-mediated immunity plays an important but incompletely understood role in host defense
against Cryptococcus neoformans. Because of their multiple capacities as cytokine …

Cryptococcus neoformans is a fungal pathogen that, after inhalation, can disseminate to the
brain. Host alveolar macrophages (AMs) represent the first defense against the fungus …

Experimental pulmonary Cryptococcus neoformans infection in BALB/c mice is associated
with polarized Th2-type cytokine production, alternative macrophage activation, and severe …

Clearance of pulmonary infection with the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans is
associated with the accumulation and activation of lung macrophages. However, the …

Cryptococcus neoformans, the predominant etiological agent of cryptococcosis, is an
opportunistic fungal pathogen that primarily affects AIDS patients and patients undergoing …

Cryptococcus neoformans is an encapsulated yeast and an opportunistic fungal pathogen
responsible for lifethreatening infections of the central nervous system (CNS) in HIV-1 …

Cryptococcus neoformans is generally considered to be an opportunistic fungal pathogen
because of its tendency to infect immunocompromised individuals, particularly those …

Cryptococcus neoformans is an opportunistic fungal pathogen that causes cryptococccosis
in immunocompromised patients as well as immunocompetent individuals. Host cell surface …

Cell-mediated immunity is critical to host defenses against the fungal infection
cryptococcosis. Here, two functions critical to effective cell-mediated immunity (CMI) …