Microbes and microbial toxins: Paradigms for microbial-mucosal interactions. VI. Entamoeba histolytica: Parasite-host interactions

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 280, Issue 6 43-6, 2001, Pages

  Stanley Jr , Samuel L ^a   Reed, Sharon L ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amebiasis; Amebic pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; GALAPTIN; PEPTIDE; TOXIN;

AMEBIASIS; APOPTOSIS; CELL ADHESION; COLITIS; CYTOLYSIS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM CELL; INTESTINE PARASITE; LIVER AMEBIASIS; NEUTROPHIL; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0034967210     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.2001.280.6.g1049     Document Type: Review

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