Pulmonary cryptococcosis induces chitinase in the rat

BACKGROUND: We previously demonstrated that chronic pulmonary infection with Cryptococcus neoformans results in enhanced allergic inflammation and airway hyperreactivity in a rat model. Because the cell wall of C. neoformans consists of chitin, and since acidic mammalian chitinase (AMCase) has recen...

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Autores principales: Vicencio, Alfin G, Narain, Swati, Du, Zhongfang, Zeng, Wang Yong, Ritch, James, Casadevall, Arturo, Goldman, David L
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2405779/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18482441
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-9-40

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2405779/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18482441
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-9-40

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