Cryptococcus neoformans Infection in Mice Lacking Type I Interferon Signaling Leads to Increased Fungal Clearance and IL-4-Dependent Mucin Production in the Lungs

• Ko Sato,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Mycology and Immunology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

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• Hideki Yamamoto,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Mycology and Immunology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

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• Toshiki Nomura,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Mycology and Immunology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

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• Ikumi Matsumoto,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Mycology and Immunology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

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• Tomomitsu Miyasaka,

  Current address: Department of Pathophysiology, Tohoku Pharmaceutical University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Mycology and Immunology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

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• Tong Zong,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Mycology and Immunology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

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• Emi Kanno,

  Affiliation Department of Science of Nursing Practice, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

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• Kazuko Uno,

  Affiliation Louis Pasteur Center for Medical Research, Kyoto, Japan

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• Keiko Ishii,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Mycology and Immunology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

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• Kazuyoshi Kawakami

  * E-mail: kawakami@med.tohoku.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Mycology and Immunology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

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