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<i>Toxoplasma gondii</i> Infection Promotes Epithelial Barrier Dysfunction of Caco-2 Cells
1 Jul 2016
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After oral infection, Toxoplasma gondii invades intestinal cells, induces breakdown of intestinal physiology and barrier functions, and causes intestinal pathology in some animal species. Although parasites' invasion into host cells is a known phenomenon, the effects of T. gondii infection in the intestinal barrier are still not well established. To evaluate morphological and physiological modifications on the...
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