1 Grupo de Pesquisa em Tricomonas, Faculdade de Farmácia e Centro de Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Avenida Ipiranga, 2752, Porto Alegre, 90610-000, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Keywords: trichomoniasis, Trichomonas vaginalis, immune response, inflammation.

Abbreviations:

AOP – adverse outcomes of pregnancy;

BMDC – bone marrow-derived dendritic cell;

BPH – benign prostatic hyperplasia;

BV – bacterial vaginosis;

CP – cysteine proteases;

CT – cholera toxin;

EMT – epithelial mesenchymal transition;

ET – extracellular trap;

HuMIF – human macrophage migration inhibitory factor;

iTreg – induced regulatory T cell;

LG – lipoglycan;

LPG – lipophosphoglycan;

MAb – monoclonal antibody;

NET – neutrophil ET;

NO – nitric oxide;

PBMC – peripheral blood mononuclear cell;

PCa – prostate cancer;

PMN – polymorphonuclear cell;

RNI – reactive nitrogen intermediate;

ROS – reactive oxygen species;

SLPI – secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor;

STI – sexually transmitted infection;

TCM – T. vaginalis containing medium;

TvLG – T. vaginalis LG;

TvMIF – T. vaginalis macrophage migration inhibitory factor;

TvSP – T. vaginalis secretory product;

TvTRPV – transient receptor potential-like channel of T. vaginalis;

VEC – vaginal epithelial cell.
Received originally: 28/10/2022 Received in revised form: 07/03/2023
Accepted: 21/03/2023 Published: 30/03/2023

Correspondence:
Tiana Tasca, Avenida Ipiranga, 2752. 90610-000. Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; Tel: +555133085325; tiana.tasca@ufrgs.br

Conflict of interest statement: Authors declare no conflict of interest.
Please cite this article as: Giulia Bongiorni Galego and Tiana Tasca (2023). Infinity war: Trichomonas vaginalis and interactions with host immune response. Microbial Cell 10(5): 103-116. doi: 10.15698/mic2023.05.796