Innate and Adaptive Immune Responses Against Microsporidia Infection in Mammals

Frontiers in Microbiology

Jialing Bao¹  Guoqing Pan¹  Jian Luo¹  Jinzhi Xu¹  Hailong Gao¹  Tian Li¹  Yinze Han¹  Zeyang Zhou²  Bing Han³ 

[1] Chongqing Key Laboratory of Microsporidia Infection and Control, Southwest University, Chongqing, China;College of Life Sciences, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China;Department of Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, The Bronx, NY, United States;State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China;

关键词: microsporidia;    mammal host;    immune response;    innate immunity;    adaptive immunity;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fmicb.2020.01468

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Microsporidia are obligate intracellular and eukaryotic pathogens that can infect immunocompromised and immunocompetent mammals, including humans. Both innate and adaptive immune systems play important roles against microsporidian infection. The innate immune system can partially eliminate the infection by immune cells, such as gamma delta T cell, natural killer cells (NKs), macrophages and dendritic cells (DCs), and present the pathogens to lymphocytes. The innate immune cells can also prime and enhance the adaptive immune response via surface molecules and secreted cytokines. The adaptive immune system is critical to eliminate microsporidian infection by activating cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) and humoral immune responses, and feedback regulation of the innate immune mechanism. In this review, we will discuss the cellular and molecular responses and functions of innate and adaptive immune systems against microsporidian infection.

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