Sentences with phrase «t gondii»

T gondii is an important zoonosis with a high disease burden in humans.

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Using a combination of human or specially engineered mouse cells in vitro and in vivo animal models, study senior investigator Judy Lieberman, MD, PhD; study lead investigator Farokh Dotiwala, PhD, with a team lead by the Brazilian parasitologist Ricardo Gazzinelli, DSc, DVM, found that when an immune killer cell, such as a T - cell or natural killer (NK) cell, encounters a cell infected with any of three intracellular parasites (Trypanosoma cruzi, Toxoplasma gondii or Leishmania major), it releases three proteins that together kill both the parasite and the infected cell:

Maccari ME, Scarselli A, Di Cesare S, Floris M, Angius A, Deodati A, Chiriaco M, Cambiaso P, Corrente S, Colafati GS, Utz PJ, Angelini F, Fierabracci A, Aiuti A, Carsetti R, Rosenberg JM, Cappa M, Rossi P, Bacchetta R, Cancrini C. Severe toxoplasma gondii infection in a member of a NFKB2 - deficient family with T and B cell dysfunction.