Binding of host collectins to the pathogenic yeast Cryptococcus neoformans: human surfactant protein D acts as an agglutinin for acapsular yeast cells.

Cryptococcus neoformans is an opportunistic pathogen in AIDS patients causing disseminated disease and lethal meningitis after inhalation of acapsular or sparsely encapsulated yeast cells. In this study we have investigated whether a recently described family of primitive opsonins, termed collectins...

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Pubblicato in:	Infect Immun
Autori principali:	Schelenz, S, Malhotra, R, Sim, R B, Holmskov, U, Bancroft, G J
Natura:	Artigo
Lingua:	Inglês
Pubblicazione:	American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 1995
Soggetti:	Research Article
Accesso online:	https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC173462/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7642263/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://doi.org/10.1128/iai.63.9.3360-3366.1995
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