Direct Inhibition of T-Cell Responses by the Cryptococcus Capsular Polysaccharide Glucuronoxylomannan

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About the Authors

Lauren E Yauch

Current address: La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jennifer S Lam

Current address: Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Stuart M Levitz

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: Stuart.Levitz@Umassmed.edu

Current address: University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

T cells
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Cryptococcus neoformans
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Cryptococcus
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Cryptococcus gattii
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Polysaccharides
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Antigen-presenting cells
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Apoptosis
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