All-Trans Retinoic Acid in Combination with Primaquine Clears Pneumocystis Infection

Pneumocystis pneumonia (PcP) develops in immunocompromised patients. Alveolar macrophages play a key role in the recognition, phagocytosis, and degradation of Pneumocystis, but their number is decreased in PcP. Our study of various inflammatory components during PcP found that myeloid-derived suppr...

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Main Authors: Lei, Guang-Sheng, Zhang, Chen, Shao, Shoujin, Jung, Hsin-Wei, Durant, Pamela J., Lee, Chao-Hung
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3537623/