The interaction of Acanthamoeba castellanii cysts with macrophages and neutrophils

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 565-572

  Hurt, Michael ^a   Proy, Vincent ^a   Niederkorn, Jerry Y ^a   Alizadeh, Hassan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHALASIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MYELOPEROXIDASE; PROTEIN INHIBITOR; QUERCETIN;

PARASITOLOGY;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; DRUG POTENCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; LYSIS; MACROPHAGE; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PARASITE ISOLATION; PROTEIN FOLDING;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ANIMALIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0037668620     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2003)089[0565:TIOACC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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