ORGAN-DEPENDENT VARIATION OF CAPSULE THICKNESS IN CRYPTOCOCCUS-NEOFORMANS DURING EXPERIMENTAL MURINE INFECTION

Authors
RIVERA J FELDMESSER M CAMMER M CASADEVALL A
Citation
J. Rivera et al., ORGAN-DEPENDENT VARIATION OF CAPSULE THICKNESS IN CRYPTOCOCCUS-NEOFORMANS DURING EXPERIMENTAL MURINE INFECTION, Infection and immunity, 66(10), 1998, pp. 5027-5030
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Immunology,"Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Infection and immunity → ACNP
ISSN journal
00199567
Volume
66
Issue
10
Year of publication
1998
Pages
5027 - 5030
Database
ISI
SICI code
0019-9567(1998)66:10<5027:OVOCTI>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
In studies of murine infection, the capsule thickness of Cryptococcus neoformans varied depending on the organ. The relative order of thickn ess was as follows: lung > brain > in vitro isolates. The differences in capsule thickness suggest that there are organ-related differences in the expression of genes responsible for capsule thickness.