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Cryptococcus gattii strains with a high phagocytosis phenotype by macrophages display high pathogenicity at the early stage of infection in vivo.
Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica - 25 Feb 2024
Yang Chen, Shen Wanjun, Wang Lifeng, Zang Xuelei, Huang Yemei, Deng Hengyu, Zhou Yangyu, Xie Mei, Xue Xinying, Shen Dingxia
Abstract excerpt
Cryptococcus gattii (Cg) is a facultative intracellular pathogen that can replicate and disseminate in mammalian macrophages, causing life-threatening cryptococcosis in both immunocompetent and immunocompromised individuals. Cryptococcus-macrophage interactions are crucial for cryptococcosis prognosis. However, the relationship between Cg pathogenicity and phagocytosis by macrophages has not yet been investigated...
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