Use of in vitro assays to determine effects of human serum on biological characteristics of Acanthamoeba castellanii

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2595-2600

  Sissons, James ^a   Alsam, Selwa ^a   Stins, Monique ^b   Rivas, Antonio Ortega ^c   Morales, Jacob Lorenzo ^c   Faull, Jane ^a   Khan, Naveed Ahmed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN MICROCIRCULATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME RELEASE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; TROPHOZOITE; ZYMOGRAPHY;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; BRAIN; CELL ADHESION; CELL DEATH; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SERUM;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ACANTHAMOEBIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33746191681     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00144-06     Document Type: Article

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