Responses of the Differentiated Intestinal Epithelial Cell Line Caco-2 to Infection With the Giardia intestinalis GS Isolate

Responses of the Differentiated Intestinal Epithelial Cell Line Caco-2 to Infection With the Giardia intestinalis GS Isolate

Giardia intestinalis is a parasitic protist that causes diarrhea in humans, affecting mainly children of the developing world, elderly and immunocompromised individuals. Humans are infected by two major Giardia assemblages (i.e. genetic subtypes), A and B, with the latter being the most common. So f...

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Main Authors: Showgy Y. Ma'ayeh, Livia Knörr, Karin Sköld, Alexandra Garnham, Brendan R. E. Ansell, Aaron R. Jex, Staffan G. Svärd
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Subjects:
host-parasite interaction
Giardia
transcriptome
cell cycle
apoptosis
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcimb.2018.00244/full

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