期刊
EXPERIMENTAL AND THERAPEUTIC MEDICINE
卷 14, 期 6, 页码 5243-5250出版社
SPANDIDOS PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.3892/etm.2017.5220
关键词
Cryptococcus neoformans; innate immune system; antioxidants; blood-brain barrier; transmission mechanism
资金
- Nature Foundation of China [81550028]
- Hubei Office of Education Foundation [Q20151204, B2016022]
- Yi Chang Office of Healthcare Foundation [A12301-25, A16301-14]
As an infectious fungus that affects the respiratory tract, Cryptococcus neoformans (C. neoformans) commonly causes asymptomatic pulmonary infection. C. neoformans may target the brain instead of the lungs and cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) in the early phase of infection; however, this is dependent on successful evasion of the host innate immune system. During the initial stage of fungal infection, a complex network of innate immune factors are activated. C. neoformans utilizes a number of strategies to overcome the anti-fungal mechanisms of the host innate immune system and cross the BBB. In the present review, the defensive mechanisms of C. neoformans against the innate immune system and its ability to cross the BBB were discussed, with an emphasis on recent insights into the activities of anti-phagocytotic and anti-oxidative factors in C. neoformans.
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