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In the present study, we used immunofluorescence microscopy and transmission and scanning electron microscopy to explore the underlying mechanisms. Our findings indicated that both C. neoformans and gp41-I90 up-regulated ICAM-1 (intercellular adhesion molecule 1) on the HBMECs and elicited membrane ruffling on the surface of HBMECs. The HIV-1 gp41 ectodomain could also induce CD44 and \u03b2-actin redistribution to the membrane lipid rafts, but it could not enhance PKC\u03b1 (protein kinase C\u03b1) phosphorylation like C. neoformans. Instead, gp41-I90 was able to induce syncytium formation on HBMECs. 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