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Cryptosporidium and Colon Cancer: Cause or Consequence?

The number of cancers attributable to infectious agents represents over 20% of the global cancer burden. The apicomplexan intracellular parasite Cryptosporidium is currently considered one of the major causes of mild and severe diarrhea worldwide. However, less attention has been paid to its tumorig...

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Autores principales: Sawant, Manasi, Baydoun, Martha, Creusy, Colette, Chabé, Magali, Viscogliosi, Eric, Certad, Gabriela, Benamrouz-Vanneste, Sadia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7692234/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33121099
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8111665
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author Sawant, Manasi
Baydoun, Martha
Creusy, Colette
Chabé, Magali
Viscogliosi, Eric
Certad, Gabriela
Benamrouz-Vanneste, Sadia
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description The number of cancers attributable to infectious agents represents over 20% of the global cancer burden. The apicomplexan intracellular parasite Cryptosporidium is currently considered one of the major causes of mild and severe diarrhea worldwide. However, less attention has been paid to its tumorigenic potential despite the high exposure of humans and animals to this ubiquitous parasite. Herein, we discuss the potential causal link between Cryptosporidium infection and digestive cancer, with particular emphasis on colon cancer, based on increasing clinical, epidemiological and experimental pieces of evidence supporting this association. In addition, we highlight the current knowledge about the potential mechanisms by which this parasite may contribute to cell transformation and parasite-induced cancer.
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spelling pubmed-76922342020-11-28 Cryptosporidium and Colon Cancer: Cause or Consequence? Sawant, Manasi Baydoun, Martha Creusy, Colette Chabé, Magali Viscogliosi, Eric Certad, Gabriela Benamrouz-Vanneste, Sadia Microorganisms Review The number of cancers attributable to infectious agents represents over 20% of the global cancer burden. The apicomplexan intracellular parasite Cryptosporidium is currently considered one of the major causes of mild and severe diarrhea worldwide. However, less attention has been paid to its tumorigenic potential despite the high exposure of humans and animals to this ubiquitous parasite. Herein, we discuss the potential causal link between Cryptosporidium infection and digestive cancer, with particular emphasis on colon cancer, based on increasing clinical, epidemiological and experimental pieces of evidence supporting this association. In addition, we highlight the current knowledge about the potential mechanisms by which this parasite may contribute to cell transformation and parasite-induced cancer. MDPI 2020-10-27 /pmc/articles/PMC7692234/ /pubmed/33121099 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8111665 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8111665
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