title: Organ-dependent variation of capsule thickness in Cryptococcus neoformans during experimental murine infection.
abstract: In studies of murine infection, the capsule thickness of Cryptococcus neoformans varied depending on the organ. The relative order of thickness was as follows: lung > brain > in vitro isolates. The differences in capsule thickness suggest that there are organ-related differences in the expression of genes responsible for capsule thickness.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rivera
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Feldmesser
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cammer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Casadevall
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016667:Bacterial Capsules / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D001921:Brain / Q000382:microbiology; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D008168:Lung / Q000382:microbiology; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D016513:Mice, SCID