Cysteine proteinase activity is required for survival of the parasite in experimental acute amoebic liver abscesses in hamsters

Parasitology

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-25

  Olivos Garcia A ^a   Tello, E ^a   Nequiz Avendano M ^a   Gonzalez Canto A ^a   Lopez Vancell R ^a   Garcia De Leon M C ^a   Montfort, I ^a   Perez Tamayo R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cysteine proteinases; E 64; E. histolytica survival in vivo; Hamster; Pathogenicity

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; N [N (3 CARBOXYOXIRANE 2 CARBONYL)LEUCYL]AGMATINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ERYTHROPHAGOCYTOSIS; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; HAMSTER; HEMOLYSIS; IN VIVO CULTURE; LIVER AMEBIASIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TARGET CELL; TISSUE INJURY; TROPHOZOITE;

ANIMALS; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; CRICETINAE; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LEUCINE; LIVER ABSCESS, AMEBIC; MALE; PHAGOCYTOSIS;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 3142547281     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182004005116     Document Type: Article

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