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Autophagy - related 16 - like 1 single nucleotide gene polymorphism increases the risk and severity of Cryptosporidium parvum infection.
Molecular and biochemical parasitology - 1 Sept 2021
El-Refai Samar A, Helwa Mohamed A, Rakha Ehab B, Atia Amany F
Abstract excerpt
Cryptosporidium parvum (C. parvum) is an intracellular parasite of the intestinal cells. It causes cryptosporidiosis that can be fatal in immunosuppressed individuals. Autophagy is a process to eliminate intracellular microbes. The autophagy-related 16 - like 1 (ATG16L1) gene encodes proteins involved in the autophagy pathway. Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in this gene increases the invasion and survival...
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