Objective To explore the role of the Toll-like receptor 4/nuclear factor κB(TLR4/NF-κB)pathway in intestinal mucosal damage induced by Cryptosporidium parvum infection in mice. Methods Thirty 4-week-old BALB/c male mice were randomly divided into 1-week infection group and 2-week infection group and the non-infection group(n = 10 in each group). The mouse model of Cryptosporidium parvum infection was established intragastrically with 1 ×10~5 oocysts. Uninfected mice have normal diet and drinking water. Ten ...
Supported by Natural Science Fund of Shandong Province(No.ZR2015HQ030),Higher Education Science and Technology PlanProject of Shandong Province(No.J13LK04),Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine Project of Shandong Province(No.2015-238)*Correspond