PhysioxiaMCTCryptosporidium parvum (METs)

Seyed Sajjad Hasheminasab1, Iván Conejeros1, Ulrich Gärtner2

  • 1Institute of Parasitology, Biomedical Research Center Seltersberg (BFS), Justus Liebig University Giessen, 35392 Giessen, Germany.

Biology
|July 29, 2023
PubMed
概括

单细胞细胞外陷 (METs) 通过捕获卵囊和阻碍杂虫细胞来对抗Cryptosporidium parvum. 在低氧条件下,这种防御依赖乳酸单碳酸盐输送体 (MCT),而不是P2X1依赖.

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