Human microsporidian pathogen Encephalitozoon intestinalis impinges on enterocyte membrane trafficking and signaling

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ABSTRACT Microsporidia are a large phylum of obligate intracellular parasites. Approximately a dozen species of microsporidia infect humans, where they are responsible for a variety of diseases and occasionally death, especially in immunocompromised individuals. To better understand the impact of microsporidia on human cells, we infected human colonic Caco2 cells with Encephalitozoon intestinalis, and showed that...

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