Eosinophils elicit proliferation of naive and fungal-specific cells

ANA PAULA GARRO; CHIAPELLO LAURA; BARONETTI JOSE; DIANA T. MASIH.

WILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC

Año: 2011 vol. 134 p. 198 - 198

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 demonstrated that rat peritoneal eosinophils phagocytose opsonized liv