Entamoeba histolytica cysteine protease 2 (EhCP2) modulates leucocyte migration by proteolytic cleavage of chemokines

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 237-241

  Pertuz Belloso, S ^a   Ostoa Saloma, P ^a   Benitez, I ^a   Soldevila, G ^a   Olivos, A ^a   Garcia Zepeda E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Amoebiasis; Chemokines; Cysteine proteases; Cytokine; Leucocytes

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA CYSTEINE PROTEASE 2; INTERLEUKIN 8; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMOTAXIS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE STATUS; LEUKOCYTE MIGRATION; MODULATION; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ANIMALS; CHEMOKINES, CC; CHEMOKINES, CXC; CHEMOTAXIS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBIASIS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES;

ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 7444242712     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0141-9838.2004.00706.x     Document Type: Article

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