Theileria are tick-transmitted parasites that cause often fatal leuko-proliferative diseases in cattle called tropical theileriosis (T. annulata) and East Coast fever (T. parva). However, upon treatment with anti-theilerial drug-transformed leukocytes die of apoptosis indicating that Theileria-induced transformation is reversible making infected leukocytes a powerful example of how intracellular parasites interact with their hosts. Theileria-transformed leukocytes disseminate throughout infected cattle causing a cancer-like disease and here, we discuss how cytokines, noncoding RNAs and oncometabolites can contribute to the transformed phenotype and disease pathology.
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Tajeri, S., Haidar, M., Sakura, T., & Langsley, G. (2021). Interaction between transforming Theileria parasites and their host bovine leukocytes. Molecular Microbiology, 115(5), 860–869. https://doi.org/10.1111/mmi.14642
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