Eosinophils elicit proliferation of naive and fungal-specific cells in vivo so enhancing a T helper type 1 cytokine profile in favour of a protective immune response against Cryptococcus neoformans infection

GARRO AP; CHIAPELLO LS; BARONETTI JL; MASIH DT

WILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC

Año: 2011 p. 1 - 1

font size="2" face="AdvMINION-SB"> Experimental Cryptococcus neoformans infection in rats has been shown to have similarities with human cryptococcosis, because as in healthy humans, rats can effectively contain cryptococcal infection. Moreover, it has been shown that eosinophils are components of the immune response to C. neoformans infections. In a previous in vitro study, we demo