Toxoplasma gondii Extends the Life Span of Infected Human Neutrophils by Inducing Cytosolic PCNA and Blocking Activation of Apoptotic Caspases
Author(s) -
Tatiane S. Lima,
Sharmila Mallya,
Allen Jankeel,
Ilhem Messaoudi,
Melissa B. Lodoen
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
mbio
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.562
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 2161-2129
pISSN - 2150-7511
DOI - 10.1128/mbio.02031-20
Subject(s) - caspase , apoptosis , blocking (statistics) , toxoplasma gondii , microbiology and biotechnology , cytosol , proliferating cell nuclear antigen , life span , chemistry , programmed cell death , biology , immunology , antibody , biochemistry , enzyme , statistics , immunohistochemistry , mathematics , evolutionary biology
Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular parasite that can cause life-threatening disease in immunocompromised individuals and in the developing fetus. Interestingly, T. gondii has evolved strategies to successfully manipulate the host immune system to establish a productive infection and evade host defense mechanisms.
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