Innate immune responses to Encephalitozoon species infections.
Microsporidia are obligate intracellular, eukaryotic fungi, which have gained recognition as opportunistic parasites in immunocompromised patients. Resistance to lethal microsporidia infections requires a Th1 immune response; how this protection is initiated against Encephalitozoon species is the focus of this review article.
Mathews
Amber
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Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, 202 Life Sciences, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-1715, USA.
Hotard
Anne
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Hale-Donze
Hollie
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D000818:Animals; D003713:Dendritic Cells / Q000276:immunology; D016819:Encephalitozoon / Q000276:immunology*; D016890:Encephalitozoonosis / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007113:Immunity, Innate; D008264:Macrophages / Q000276:immunology