Invadosome-Mediated Human Extracellular Matrix Degradation by Entamoeba histolytica-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Invadosome-Mediated Human Extracellular Matrix Degradation by Entamoeba histolytica

Published:2018-09 Issue:9 Volume:86 Page:
ISSN:0019-9567
Container-title:Infection and Immunity
language:en
Short-container-title:Infect Immun

Author:

Hasan Muhammad M.¹²,Teixeira Jose E.¹,Huston Christopher D.¹²³

Affiliation:

1. Department of Medicine, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont, USA

2. Cellular, Molecular, and Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA

3. Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA

Abstract

Entamoeba histolytica is a protozoan parasite that causes invasive amoebiasis when it invades the human colon. Tissue invasion requires a shift from an adhesive lifestyle in the colonic lumen to a motile and extracellular matrix (ECM) degradative lifestyle in the colonic tissue layers.

Funder

NIH

NIAID

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Immunology,Microbiology,Parasitology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/IAI.00287-18

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