Acanthamoeba affects the integrity of human brain microvascular endothelial cells and degrades the tight junction proteins

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 39, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 1611-1616

  Khan, Naveed Ahmed ^a   Siddiqui, Ruqaiyyah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Blood brain barrier; Human brain microvascular endothelial cells; Occludin; RhoA; Tight junctions; Transendothelial electrical resistance; Zonula occludens

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OCCLUDIN; PROTEIN ZO1; RHO KINASE; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; TIGHT JUNCTION PROTEIN; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOASSAY; BIODEGRADATION; BRAIN; HEMOPARASITE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PROTEIN; PROTOZOAN;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIPID MONOLAYER; MICROVASCULATURE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; TIGHT JUNCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMEBIASIS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CONNEXINS; ENCEPHALITIS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

ACANTHAMOEBA;

EID: 70349764352     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2009.06.004     Document Type: Article

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