Cryptosporidiuminfections: molecular advances
- 28 March 2014
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Parasitology
- Vol. 141 (11), 1511-1532
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182014000237
Abstract
SUMMARY: Cryptosporidiumhost cell interaction remains fairly obscure compared with other apicomplexans such asPlasmodiumorToxoplasma. The reason for this is probably the inability of this parasite to complete its life cyclein vitroand the lack of a system to genetically modifyCryptosporidium. However, there is a substantial set of data about the molecules involved in attachment and invasion and about the host cell pathways involved in actin arrangement that are altered by the parasite. Here we summarize the recent advances in research on host cell infection regarding the excystation process, attachment and invasion, survival in the cell, egress and the available data on omics.Keywords
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