A mutation in the leptin receptor is associated with Entamoeba histolytica infection in children

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1191-1198

  Duggal, Priya ^a   Guo, Xiaoti ^b   Haque, Rashidul ^c   Peterson, Kristine M ^b   Ricklefs, Stacy ^d   Mondal, Dinesh ^c   Alam, Faisal ^a,e   Noor, Zannatun ^c   Verkerke, Hans P ^b   Marie, Chelsea ^b   Leduc, Charles A ^f   Chua Jr , Streamson C ^g   Myers Jr , Martin G ^h   Leibel, Rudolph L ^f   Houpt, Eric ^b   Gilchrist, Carol A ^b   Sher, Alan ⁱ   Porcella, Stephen F ^d   Petri Jr , William A ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e RAJSHAHI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Bangladesh)

^f NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^g ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; GLUTAMINE; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ALLELE; AMEBIASIS; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM CELL; INTESTINE INFECTION; LIVER AMEBIASIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ALLELES; APOPTOSIS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBIASIS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GLUTAMINE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MUTATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECEPTORS, LEPTIN;

EID: 79952209777     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI45294     Document Type: Article

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