Phospholipase B Is Critical for Cryptococcus neoformans Survival in the Central Nervous System [PDF]
Cryptococcus neoformans (Cn) is an opportunistic, encapsulated, yeast-like fungus that causes severe meningoencephalitis, especially in countries with high HIV prevalence.
Mohamed F. Hamed +7 more
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Clinical and pathological characterization of Central Nervous System cryptococcosis in an experimental mouse model of stereotaxic intracerebral infection. [PDF]
Infection of the Central Nervous System (CNS) by the encapsulated fungus Cryptococcus neoformans can lead to high mortality meningitis, most commonly in immunocompromised patients.
Mohamed F Hamed +7 more
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Glucuronoxylomannan intranasal challenge prior to Cryptococcus neoformans pulmonary infection enhances cerebral cryptococcosis in rodents. [PDF]
The encapsulated fungus Cryptococcus neoformans is the most common cause of fungal meningitis, with the highest rate of disease in patients with AIDS or immunosuppression. This microbe enters the human body via inhalation of infectious particles.
Hiu Ham Lee +15 more
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IL-6 deficiency accelerates cerebral cryptococcosis and alters glial cell responses [PDF]
Cryptococcus neoformans (Cn) is an opportunistic encapsulated fungal pathogen that causes life-threatening meningoencephalitis in immunosuppressed individuals.
Marta Reguera-Gomez +4 more
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Cryptococcus neoformans phospholipase B1 is critical for cryptococcoma formation in the mouse brain [PDF]
BackgroundCryptococcus neoformans (Cn) is an encapsulated, neurotrophic fungus that can cause life-threatening meningoencephalitis in immunocompromised individuals. Phospholipase B1 (PLB1) promotes Cn adhesion and colonization, however its role in fungal
Melissa E. Munzen +13 more
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Active Cryptococcus neoformans glucuronoxylomannan production prevents elimination of cryptococcal CNS infection in vivo [PDF]
Background Cryptococcus neoformans (Cn) causes life-threatening meningoencephalitis in individuals with AIDS. Cn’s polysaccharide capsule is mainly composed of glucuronoxylomannan (GXM) and plays a key role in the dysregulation of immunity, resistance to
Vanessa Enriquez +9 more
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Ballspielerinnen auf thessalischen Münzen. Ein Zeitvertreib als öffentliche Angelegenheit?
A series of silver oboloi from Larisa (late 5th c. B.C.) depict a young woman on the back side playing with a ball in various postures. She is commonly identified with the eponymous nymph of the polis, primarily because of the testimony of the Suda ...
Jochen Griesbach
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Im Auge des Löwen: ikonologische Beobachtungen an frontalen Löwendarstellungen auf antiken Münzen
This article provides an overview of the most important coin types depicting frontal lions from the Greek Archaic period to the first century BC. The spear-biting lions are not included in this paper as they form the subject of a separate study. Starting
Florian Haymann
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„Habaner“ Ofenkacheln auf der Burg Čabraď
Im Gebiet des ehemaligen Königreichs Ungarn gehören vier, komplett erhaltenen Öfen mit blauen und weißen Glasuren zu den ältesten ungarischen Heizanlagen, die von der Forscher als Habanerprodukt identifiziert wurden.
Rita Rakonczay
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