Immunity to Cryptosporidium: insights into principles of enteric responses to infection

RD Pardy, BA Wallbank, B Striepen… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Cryptosporidium parasites replicate within intestinal epithelial cells and are an important
cause of diarrhoeal disease in young children and in patients with primary and acquired …

Nod-like receptors: critical intracellular sensors for host protection and cell death in microbial and parasitic infections

AO Babamale, ST Chen - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cell death is an essential immunological apparatus of host defense, but dysregulation of
mutually inclusive cell deaths poses severe threats during microbial and parasitic infections …

Cryptosporidium infection of human small intestinal epithelial cells induces type III interferon and impairs infectivity of Rotavirus

V Greigert, I Saraav, J Son, Y Zhu, D Dayao, A Antia… - Gut …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Cryptosporidiosis is a major cause of severe diarrheal disease in infants from resource poor
settings. The majority of infections are caused by the human-specific pathogen C. hominis …

Physiological and pathophysiological functions of NLRP6: pro-and anti-inflammatory roles

D Angosto-Bazarra, C Molina-López… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
The nucleotide-binding oligomerization and leucine-rich repeat receptor (NLR) protein
family consists of important immune sensors that form inflammasomes, a cytosolic multi …

Molecular mechanisms of emerging inflammasome complexes and their activation and signaling in inflammation and pyroptosis

A Pandey, Z Li, M Gautam, A Ghosh… - Immunological …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Inflammasomes are multi‐protein complexes that assemble within the cytoplasm of
mammalian cells in response to pathogen‐associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) or …

Cryptosporidium rhoptry effector protein ROP1 injected during invasion targets the host cytoskeletal modulator LMO7

A Guérin, NH Roy, EM Kugler, L Berry, JK Burkhardt… - Cell host & …, 2021 - cell.com
The parasite Cryptosporidium invades and replicates in intestinal epithelial cells and is a
leading cause of diarrheal disease and early childhood mortality. The molecular …

Intestinal immune responses to commensal and pathogenic protozoa

A Sardinha-Silva, EVC Alves-Ferreira… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The physical barrier of the intestine and associated mucosal immunity maintains a delicate
homeostatic balance between the host and the external environment by regulating immune …

Cryptosporidium: Host-Parasite Interactions and Pathogenesis

DJ Pinto, S Vinayak - Current Clinical Microbiology Reports, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Cryptosporidium spp.(C. hominis and C. parvum) are a major
cause of diarrhea-associated morbidity and mortality in young children globally. While C …

[HTML][HTML] Enterocyte–innate lymphoid cell crosstalk drives early IFN-γ-mediated control of Cryptosporidium

JA Gullicksrud, A Sateriale, JB Engiles, AR Gibson… - Mucosal …, 2022 - Elsevier
The intestinal parasite, Cryptosporidium, is a major contributor to global child mortality and
causes opportunistic infection in immune deficient individuals. Innate resistance to …

[HTML][HTML] Dendritic cell-mediated responses to secreted Cryptosporidium effectors promote parasite-specific CD8+ T cell responses

BE Haskins, JA Gullicksrud, BA Wallbank… - Mucosal …, 2024 - Elsevier
Cryptosporidium causes debilitating diarrheal disease in patients with primary and acquired
defects in T cell function. However, it has been a challenge to understand how this infection …