These data suggest that the different susceptibility of SkMC myoblasts and myotubes to infection by T. gondii can be related: (i) to the remodeling of the host cell's surface adhesion molecule expression profiles during their differentiation; (ii) to the participation of cell surface molecules from both parasite and host cells, acting as receptors/ligands, such as N-CAM and V-CAM, as well cadherins, which are found in higher concentration in myoblasts than myotubes and in adult muscular fibers [27,29,39-42]. Here, NCAM1 is linked to infection.