title: Preventing phagocytosis takes more than a sweet disposition.
abstract: While a polysaccharide capsule is known to be important for preventing phagocytosis of the human pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans, other antiphagocytic pathways have been generally elusive. Now, a capsule-independent pathway has been identified that prevents macrophages from ingesting the fungus, contributing to evasion of the host immune response.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, 1300 University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA; Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, 1300 University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA. Electronic address: cmhull@wisc.edu.
authors.forename: Christina M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Hull