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SUBMITTER: Yordanova IA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6937251 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yordanova Ivet A IA Cortés Alba A Klotz Christian C Kühl Anja A AA Heimesaat Markus M MM Cantacessi Cinzia C Hartmann Susanne S Rausch Sebastian S
Scientific reports 20191230 1
Infections with Giardia are among the most common causes of food and water-borne diarrheal disease worldwide. Here, we investigated Th17, Treg and IgA responses, and alterations in gut microbiota in two mouse lines with varying susceptibility to Giardia muris infection. Infected BALB/c mice shed significantly more cysts compared with C57BL/6 mice. Impaired control of infection in BALB/c mice was associated with lower Th17 activity and lower IgA levels compared with C57BL/6 mice. The limited meta ...[more]