Murine natural killer cells are fungicidal to Cryptococcus neoformans

M R Hidore, N Nabavi, F Sonleitner, J W Murphy
1991 Infection and Immunity  
Murine natural killer (NK) cells have been shown to bind to and inhibit the growth of Cryptococcus neoformnans in vitro and to contribute to clearance of the organism in vivo. However, it is unclear whether NK cells actually kill cryptococci or simply inhibit proliferation of the fungal target. Therefore, the studies presented here were designed to determine whether NK cells are fungicidal to C. neoformans targets. C.
doi:10.1128/iai.59.5.1747-1754.1991 fatcat:z7qtn6xinrb2dnqddpalmnhile