The parasite Trichomonas vaginalis (Tv) causes a highly prevalent sexually transmitted infection. As an extracellular pathogen, the parasite mediates adherence to epithelial cells to colonize the human host. In addition, the parasite interfaces with the host immune system and the vaginal microbiota. Modes of Tv pathogenesis include damage to host tissue mediated by parasite killing of host cells, disruption of steady-state vaginal microbial ecology, and eliciting inflammation by activating the host immune response. Recent Tv research has uncovered new players that contribute to multifactorial mechanisms of host-parasite adherence and killing, and has examined the relationship between Tv and vaginal bacteria. Mechanisms that may lead to parasite recognition and killing, or the evasion of host immune cells, have also been revealed.
Trichomonas vaginalis: Pathogenesis, Symbiont Interactions, and Host Cell Immune Responses.
Frances Mercer,Patricia J. Johnson
Published 2018 in Trends in Parasitology
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2018
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Trends in Parasitology
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2018-08-01
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Biology, Medicine
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Semantic Scholar, PubMed
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