Suppression of inflammatory genes expression in the injured host intestinal wall during Mesocestoides vogae tetrathyridium larvae migration.

• Main Authors: Kei Hayashi (Author), Rinako Sugisawa (Author), Taizo Saito (Author), Toshiyasu Matsui (Author), Yuji Taniguchi (Author), Tatiana Batanova (Author), Tokuma Yanai (Author), Jun Matsumoto (Author), Katsuya Kitoh (Author), Yasuhiro Takashima (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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Mesocestoides vogae is a cestode parasite of the family Mesocestoididae (order Cyclophyllidea). Its larvae, tetrathyridium, are approximately 1 mm long and 300 μm wide and infect a wide range of host species including humans. Tetrathyridium migrate through the intestinal wall to invade the peritonea...