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Encephalitozoon cuniculiandVittaforma corneae(Phylum Microsporidia) inhibit staurosporine-induced apoptosis in human THP-1 macrophagesin vitro
29 Nov 2018
Abstract excerpt
Obligately intracellular microsporidia regulate their host cell life cycles, including apoptosis, but this has not been evaluated in phagocytic host cells such as macrophages that can facilitate infection but also can be activated to kill microsporidia. We examined two biologically dissimilar human-infecting microsporidia species, Encephalitozoon cuniculi and Vittaforma corneae, for their effects on...
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