El[]> T. gondii utiliza la señalización CCL5/CCR5 del huésped a través de GRA15 para la diseminación en el SNC,

Elena Afanaseva1, Matias E Rodriguez1, Antonio Barragan1

  • 1Department of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.

mBio
|January 13, 2026
PubMed
Resumen

La infección por Toxoplasma gondii secuestra las células del huésped para producir CCL5 (ligando de quimiocinas C-C 5), una molécula que atrae células inmunitarias al cerebro. El bloqueo de esta vía reduce la propagación del parásito y la colonización cerebral.

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