Kicking sleepers out of bed: Macrophages promote reactivation of dormant Cryptococcus neoformans by extracellular vesicle release and non-lytic exocytosis.

Kicking sleepers out of bed: Macrophages promote reactivation of dormant Cryptococcus neoformans by extracellular vesicle release and non-lytic exocytosis.

Macrophages play a key role in disseminated cryptococcosis, a deadly fungal disease caused by Cryptococcus neoformans. This opportunistic infection can arise following the reactivation of a poorly characterized latent infection attributed to dormant C. neoformans. Here, we investigated the mechanism...

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Main Authors: Raffael Júnio Araújo de Castro, Clara Luna Marina, Aude Sturny-Leclère, Christian Hoffmann, Pedro Henrique Bürgel, Sarah Sze Wah Wong, Vishukumar Aimanianda, Hugo Varet, Ruchi Agrawal, Anamélia Lorenzetti Bocca, Alexandre Alanio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-11-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1011841&type=printable
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