Immune response to Encephalitozoon cuniculi infection.
Microsporidia are obligate intracellular parasites, which can cause complications in immunocompromised individuals. Very little is known about the host immune response generated against these infectious agents. Encephalitozoon cuniculi is the best studied microsporidian and the protective immune response against this parasite is mediated by cytotoxic CD8(+) T cells.
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Department of Medicine and Microbiology, Dartmouth Medical School, HB 7506, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA. Ikhan@lsuhsc.edu
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D000818:Animals; D000917:Antibody Formation; D016827:CD8 Antigens / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic; D009670:Encephalitozoon cuniculi / Q000276:immunology*; D016890:Encephalitozoonosis / Q000276:immunology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control; D051379:Mice; D016881:Microsporidiosis; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000276:immunology
D016827:CD8 Antigens