Toxoplasma gondii promotes changes in VIPergic submucosal neurons, mucosal intraepithelial lymphocytes, and goblet cells during acute infection in the ileum of rats.
Larissa Carla Lauer SchneiderJ C P do NascimentoAline Rosa TrevizanMarcelo Biondaro GoisStephanie Carvalho BorgesE J BeraldiJoão Luis GarciaDébora de Mello Gonçales Sant AnaNilza Cristina ButtowPublished in: Neurogastroenterology and motility : the official journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society (2017)
The acute T. gondii infection in the ileum of rats changes the proportion of VIPergic neurons and the epithelial cells, which can compromise the mucosal defense during infection.