Disturbance of tight junctions by Entamoeba histolytica: Resistant vertebrate cell types and incompetent trophozoites

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2000, Pages S218-S220

  Leroy, Ancy ^a   Lauwaet, Tineke ^a   Oliveira, Marie José ^a   De Bruyne, Georges ^a   Bracha, Rivka ^b   Ankri, Serge ^b   Katz, Uriel ^b   Mirelman, David ^b   Mareel, Marc ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Entamoeba histolytica; HM 1:IMSS; Rahman; Transepithelial electrical resistance; Vertebrate cells

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; TIGHT JUNCTION; TROPHOZOITE;

ANIMALS; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DOGS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; TIGHT JUNCTIONS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0033752981     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0188-4409(00)00145-4     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. Entamoeba histolytica disturbs the tight junction complex in human enteric T84 cell layers
2. Antisense inhibition of expression of the light subunit (35kD) of the Gal/GalNac lectin complex inhibits Entamoeba histolytica virulence
3. Effects of regulated expression of mutant RhoA and Rac1 small GTPases on the development of epithelial (MDCK) cell polarity
4. Identification of significant variation in the composition of lipophosphoglycan-like molecules of E. histolytica and E. dispar
5. The major surface antigens of Entamoeba histolytica trophozoites are GPI-anchored proteophosphoglycans