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. 1995 Sep;63(9):3438-41.
doi: 10.1128/iai.63.9.3438-3441.1995.

Adhesion of Candida albicans to brain tissue of Macaca mulata in an ex vivo assay

F J Denaro  1 , J L López-Ribot, W L Chaffin
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Adhesion of Candida albicans to brain tissue of Macaca mulata in an ex vivo assay

F J Denaro et al. Infect Immun. 1995 Sep.

Abstract

An ex vivo adhesion assay was used to examine adhesion of Candida albicans yeast cells to brain tissue of the primate Macaca mulata. Tissues from frontal lobes and striatum (caudate, putamen, and portions of the globus pallidus) were used in the assay. Yeast cells adhered to gray matter at about six times the level of adhesion to white matter. The fungus was able to bind to different cell types within the cortex, basal ganglia, and white matter. Binding to neurons, small neurons or glia, endothelial cells, and neuropil was observed.

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