Limited Role of Mincle in the Host Defense against Infection with Cryptococcus deneoformans
Yuki Sato, Ko Sato, Hideki Yamamoto, Jun Kasamatsu, Tomomitsu Miyasaka, Daiki Tanno, Anna Miyahara, Takafumi Kagesawa, Akiho Oniyama, Kotone Kawamura, Rin Yokoyama, Yuki Kitai, Aya Umeki, Shigenari Ishizuka, Takano Kazuki, Ryuhei Shiroma, Nana Nakahata, Kaori Kawakami, Emi Kanno, Hiromasa Tanno, Sho Yamasaki, Hiromitsu Hara, Keiko Ishii, Kazuyoshi Kawakami
Abstract
Cryptococcus deneoformans is an opportunistic fungal pathogen that frequently causes fatal meningoencephalitis in patients with impaired cell-mediated immune responses such as AIDS. Caspase-associated recruitment domain 9 (CARD9) plays a critical role in the host defense against cryptococcal infection, suggesting the involvement of one or more C-type lectin receptors (CLRs). In the present study, we analyzed the role of macrophage-inducible C-type lectin (Mincle), one of the CLRs, in the host defense against C. deneoformans infection.