Immunomodulatory Role of Capsular Polysaccharides Constituents of Cryptococcus neoformans

Immunomodulatory Role of Capsular Polysaccharides Constituents of Cryptococcus neoformans

Cryptococcosis is a systemic fungal infection caused by Cryptococcus neoformans. In immunocompetent patients, cryptococcal infection is often confined to the lungs. In immunocompromised individuals, C. neoformans may cause life-threatening illness, either from novel exposure or through reactivation...

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Main Authors: Debora Decote-Ricardo, Isabel Ferreira LaRocque-de-Freitas, Juliana Dutra B. Rocha, Danielle O. Nascimento, Marise P. Nunes, Alexandre Morrot, Leonardo Freire-de-Lima, Jose Osvaldo Previato, Lucia Mendonça-Previato, Celio Geraldo Freire-de-Lima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
Subjects:
Cryptococcus neoformans
glucuronoxylomannan (GXM)
galactoxylomannan (GalXM)
immunomodulation
immuno evasion
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmed.2019.00129/full

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