Effects of symptomatic and asymptomatic isolates of Blastocystis hominis on colorectal cancer cell line, HCT116

Parasitology Research

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2475-2480

  Chan, Kok Hoe ^a   Chandramathi, Samudi ^a   Suresh, Kumar ^a   Chua, Kek Heng ^a   Kuppusamy, Umah Rani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS ANTIGEN; CATHEPSIN B; CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; PARASITE ANTIGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN PURIFICATION; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER INVASION; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN HCT116; CELL VIABILITY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; METASTASIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TH2 CELL; TUMOR CELL; UPREGULATION;

ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; BLASTOCYSTIS INFECTIONS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CYTOKINES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; UP-REGULATION;

BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS;

EID: 84863482446     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-011-2788-3     Document Type: Article

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