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. 1997 Mar 18;94(6):2483–2488. doi: 10.1073/pnas.94.6.2483

Table 1.

Organ cfu and serum GXM in CD4−/− mice 6 days after cryptococcal infection

Lung cfu, × 105 P Brain cfu, × 105 P GXM*, mg/ml P
No IFN-γ therapy
 PBS 12.2 ± 0.9 0.0220 26.0 ± 1.6 0.507 1.4 ± 0.1 0.109
 IgG1 20.7 ± 2.6 0.0001 25.0 ± 2.7 0.001 1.5 ± 0.1 0.0001
 IgG3 111.8 ± 14.1 0.0001§ 34.2 ± 2.6 0.001§ 2.5 ± 0.3 0.0001§
IFN-γ therapy
 PBS 11.5 ± 1.8 0.012 12.8 ± 2.6 0.001 1.2 ± 0.2 0.0005
 IgG1 8.0 ± 0.9 0.0002 5.4 ± 1.8 0.0001 0.5 ± 0.2 0.0001
 IgG3 33.6 ± 4.3 0.0001§ 29.4 ± 3.7 0.0001§ 2.3 ± 0.3 0.0003§
*

Value is expressed as mean ± SD. 

PBS vs. IgG1. 

IgG1 vs. IgG3. 

§

IgG3 vs. PBS (unpaired Student’s t test).