Research progress on immune regulation of medical protozoa-related proteins

doi:10.12140/j.issn.1000-7423.2021.01.017

Abstract

Abstract:

Protozoan, a type of single-celled eukaryotes with simple structure, is widely distributed in natural world. Medical protozoa can parasitize humans in body fluid, tissues and cells, and regulate host immune response, escaping from attack of the host immune system, and enabling survival and proliferation in the host and causing the occurrence of disease. In this paper, we summarize the immunomodulatory effects of proteins associated with Plasmodium, Toxoplasma gondii, Leishmania donovani and Giardia lamblia, in order to provide information for the prevention and treatment of medical protozoa-related parasitic diseases.

Key words: Protozoan, Protein, Immune regulation

CLC Number:

R382

LIU Bing, WANG Qi, HE Yong-jun, HE Ping. Research progress on immune regulation of medical protozoa-related proteins[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY AND PARASITIC DISEASES, 2021, 39(1): 112-119.

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