Dexamethasone downregulates Cryptococcus neoformans-induced vascular endothelial growth factor production: a role for corticosteroids in cryptococcal meningitis?

J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2004 Nov 1;37(3):1431-2. doi: 10.1097/01.qai.0000137411.23705.7a.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones / therapeutic use
  • Cryptococcosis / drug therapy*
  • Dexamethasone / pharmacology*
  • Humans
  • Meningitis, Cryptococcal / drug therapy*
  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / antagonists & inhibitors*

Substances

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones
  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
  • Dexamethasone