Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology
Volume 2008 (2008), Article ID 375620, 7 pages
doi:10.1155/2008/375620
Research Article

Infectomic Analysis of Gene Expression Profiles of Human Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cells Infected with Cryptococcus neoformans

Ambrose Jong,1 Chun-Hua Wu,1 Wensheng Zhou,2 Han-Min Chen,3 and Sheng-He Huang1

1Divisions of Hematology-Oncology and Infectious Diseases, Saban Research Institute of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA
2HRL Laboratories, LLC, Malibu, CA 90265, USA
3Department of Life Science, Fu Jen Catholic University, Hsinchuang, Taipei Country 24205, Taiwan

Received 12 August 2007; Accepted 17 December 2007

Academic Editor: Daniel Howard

Copyright © 2008 Ambrose Jong et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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