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In vitro and in vivo stability of a Cryptococcus neoformans [corrected] glucuronoxylomannan epitope that elicits protective antibodies.
Infection and immunity - 1 Jun 1999
Cleare W, Cherniak R, Casadevall A
Abstract excerpt
The monoclonal antibody (MAb) 2H1 defines an epitope in Cryptococcus neoformans capsular glucuronoxylomannan (GXM) that can elicit protective antibodies. In murine models of cryptococcosis, MAb 2H1 administration prolongs survival and reduces fungal burden but seldom clears the infection. The mechanism by which C. neoformans persists and escape antibody-mediated clearance is not understood. One possibility is...
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