Mechanisms of Dendritic Cell Lysosomal Killing of Cryptococcus
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Mechanisms of Dendritic Cell Lysosomal Killing of Cryptococcus
Cryptococcus neoformans is an opportunistic pulmonary fungal pathogen that disseminates to the CNS causing fatal meningitis in immunocompromised patients. Dendritic cells (DCs) phagocytose C. neoformans following inhalation. Following uptake, cryptococci translocate to the DC lysosomal compartment and are killed by oxidative and non-oxidative mechanisms. DC lysosomal extracts kill cryptococci i...
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عنوان ژورنال: Scientific Reports
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/srep00739