Besnoitia besnoiti infection alters both endogenous cholesterol de novo synthesis and exogenous LDL uptake in host endothelial cells

Authors: Liliana M. R. Silva, Dieter Lütjohann, Penny Hamid, Zahady D. Velasquez, Katharina Kerner, Camilo Larrazabal, Klaus Failing, Carlos Hermosilla & Anja Taubert

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-43153-2, 2019

Published in: Scientific Reports

Tags: Host-pathogen interactions, Microbiology and biofilms, Besnoitia besnoiti, apicomplexan parasite, infection, lipid droplets, lipids, apicomplexa, cholesterol synthesis, GC-MS, lovastatin, zaragozic, tachyzoite, cholesterol esterification, parasite, lectin, LDL