Pathogenic Acanthamoeba spp. Secrete a Mannose-Induced Cytolytic Protein that Correlates with the Ability to Cause Disease

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 6243-6255

  Hurt, Michael ^a   Neelam, Sudha ^a   Niederkorn, Jerry ^a   Alizadeh, Hassan ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA METHYL MANNOSIDE; ANTISERUM; CASPASE 3; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; GLYCOPROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; MANNOSE; MANNOSE INDUCED PROTEIN 133; MANNOSE INDUCED PROTEIN 133 ANTIBODY; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL KILLING; CELL SURFACE; CHINESE HAMSTER; COLLAGEN DEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA INJURY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOLYSIS; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITHELIUM CELL; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IMMUNOTHERAPY; IN VITRO STUDY; KERATITIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE MIGRATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SYMPTOM; TROPHOZOITE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLLAGEN; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; MANNOSE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

EID: 0242349657     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.11.6243-6255.2003     Document Type: Article

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