Journal: PLOS ONE
Article Title: Novel combinatorial approach: Harnessing HIV protease inhibitors to enhance amphotericin B’s antifungal efficacy in cryptococcosis
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0308216
Figure Lengend Snippet: Cultures of C . neoformans H99 were individually treated with different PIs (16 μg/mL) in the presence of AmB (0.0625 μg/mL). The growth intensity of treated cultures was measured spectrophotometrically at 540 nm. Ritonavir (RTV), lopinavir (LPV), atazanavir (ATV), saquinavir (SQV), and nelfinavir (NLF) were identified as hit compounds reducing the growth of H99 below the cut-off value (20% relative to control growth) in the presence of AmB. Other PIs including amprenavir (AMP), indinavir (IND), darunavir (DRV), and tipranavir (TIP) were less effective.
Article Snippet: C . neoformans H99 ATCC-208821 , Isolated from a patient with Hodgkin’s disease, NY, USA. , 0.25 , >128 , >128 , >128 , >128 , >128.
Techniques: Control