SHP-2 Mediates Cryptosporidium parvum Infectivity in Human Intestinal Epithelial Cells.

The parasite, Cryptosporidium parvum, induces human gastroenteritis through infection of host epithelial cells in the small intestine. During the initial stage of infection, C. parvum is reported to engage host mechanisms at the host cell-parasite interface to form a parasitophorous vacuole. We dete...

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Main Authors: Eunice A Varughese, Susan Kasper, Emily M Anneken, Jagjit S Yadav
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4640876?pdf=render