dc.contributor | Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) | |
dc.creator | Martins, Priscila Raquel | |
dc.creator | Gameiro, Maria Carolina | |
dc.creator | Castoldi, Lindsey | |
dc.creator | Romagnoli, Graziela Gorete | |
dc.creator | Lopes, Fabiane Catanho | |
dc.creator | Pinto, Andréa Vanessa Ferreira da Silva | |
dc.creator | Loyola, Wagner | |
dc.creator | Kaneno, Ramon | |
dc.date | 2014-05-20T13:50:48Z | |
dc.date | 2014-05-20T13:50:48Z | |
dc.date | 2008-05-01 | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-04-05T21:04:05Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-04-05T21:04:05Z | |
dc.identifier | Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde, v. 103, n. 3, p. 244-250, 2008. | |
dc.identifier | 0074-0276 | |
dc.identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/11449/18133 | |
dc.identifier | 10.1590/S0074-02762008005000011 | |
dc.identifier | S0074-02762008000300003 | |
dc.identifier | WOS:000257282400003 | |
dc.identifier | S0074-02762008000300003.pdf | |
dc.identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0074-02762008005000011 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/864424 | |
dc.description | A polysaccharide-rich fraction (ATF) of medicinal mushroom Agaricus brasiliensis was evaluated on the candidacidal activity, H2O2 and nitric oxide (NO) production, and expression of mannose receptors by murine peritoneal macrophages. Mice received three intraperitoneal (i.p.) injections of ATF and after 48 h their peritoneal resident macrophages were assayed against Candida albicans yeast forms. The treatment increased fungicidal activity and it was associated with higher levels of H2O2, whereas NO production was not affected. We also found that the treatment enhances mannose receptor expression by peritoneal macrophages, which are involved in the attachment and phagocytosis of non-opsonized microorganisms. Treatment of animals with ATF was able to enhance the clearance of C. albicans during the first 6 h after the experimental i.p. infection. Our results suggest that this extract can increase host resistance against some infectious agents through the stimulation of microbicidal activity of macrophages. | |
dc.description | Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) | |
dc.language | eng | |
dc.publisher | Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde | |
dc.relation | Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz | |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | |
dc.subject | Candida albicans | |
dc.subject | microbicidal activity | |
dc.subject | mushroom | |
dc.title | Polysaccharide-rich fraction of Agaricus brasiliensis enhances the candidacidal activity of murine macrophages | |
dc.type | Otro | |