Sunday, September 13, 2009

The role of specific Toxoplasma gondii molecules in manipulation of innate immunity

Trends Parasitol. 2009 Sep 8. [Epub ahead of print]

The role of specific Toxoplasma gondii molecules in manipulation of innate immunity

Pollard AM, Knoll LJ, Mordue DG.

Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1550 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA.

Infection with the parasite Toxoplasma gondii stimulates an innate immune response in the host. T. gondii also induces alterations in infected monocytes and dendritic cells that probably contribute to its ability to disseminate and ultimately to establish persistent infection. Recent progress has linked specific parasite molecules to immune stimulation or the ability of the parasite to subvert intracellular signaling pathways in infected cells to evade immunity.

PMID: 19744886 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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