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. 1992 May;60(5):2096–2100. doi: 10.1128/iai.60.5.2096-2100.1992

Fate of conidia of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis after ingestion by resident macrophages or cytokine-treated macrophages.

L E Cano 1, E Brummer 1, D A Stevens 1, A Restrepo 1
PMCID: PMC257120  PMID: 1563800

Abstract

Conidia ingested by resident macrophages had an enhanced percentage of transformation to yeast cells compared with those in culture medium without macrophages. The yeast cells subsequently grew intracellularly by budding. Macrophages treated with cytokines from antigen-stimulated spleen cells from immunized mice significantly inhibited transformation of ingested conidia.

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