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The single Cryptosporidium rhoptry persists after pre-invasion discharge and acts as a conduit for multiple waves of effector secretion, enabling feeder organelle formation.
- Why it matters: Cryptosporidium invades intestinal enterocytes and builds a host-parasite interface that supports transport, but the invasion-to-interface mechanism is unclear.
- What they did: Using high temporal and spatial resolution with rigorous molecular markers, the study tracked invasion events and rhoptry discharge dynamics in intestinal epithelial infection.
- The result: Sequential organelle discharge anchors the parasite before internalization, and rhoptry membrane remodeling ultimately yields the feeder organelle that separates host and parasite cytoplasm.
The findingWhy it mattersWhat they didThe result
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