Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Promotes CD146 Expression in Alveolar Epithelial Cells and Cryptococcus neoformans Pulmonary Infection

Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Promotes CD146 Expression in Alveolar Epithelial Cells and Cryptococcus neoformans Pulmonary Infection

Air pollution is a leading cause of increasing infectious lung diseases. Pulmonary cryptococcosis is a fatal fungal pneumonia in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome patients. In some cases, the pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans also develops dormant nodules in immunocompetent individuals. In the prese...

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Main Authors: Zhixiao Sun, Ningfei Ji, Jingxian Jiang, Yuan Tao, Enrui Zhang, Xiaofan Yang, Zhengxia Wang, Zhongqi Chen, Mao Huang, Mingshun Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
PM2.5
CD146
Cryptococcus neoformans
lung
aryl hydrocarbon receptor
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2020.525976/full

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