Entamoeba histolytica: diminution of erythrophagocytosis, phospholipase A(2), and hemolytic activities is related to virulence impairment in long-term axenic cultures

Exp Parasitol. 2000 Oct;96(2):116-9. doi: 10.1006/expr.2000.4554.

Authors

M T González-Garza¹, J Castro-Garza, D E Cruz-Vega, J Vargas-Villarreal, P Carranza-Rosales, B D Mata-Cárdenas, L Siller-Campos, S Said-Fernández

Affiliation

¹ División de Biología Celular y Molecular Centro de Investigación Biomédica del Noreste, IMSS, Administración de Correos, No. 4, Apartado Postal 20, CP 64720, Monterrey, N.L., México.

PMID: 11052870
DOI: 10.1006/expr.2000.4554

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Animals
Cricetinae
Entamoeba histolytica / enzymology
Entamoeba histolytica / immunology
Entamoeba histolytica / pathogenicity*
Erythrocytes / immunology*
Hemolysis*
Liver / parasitology
Male
Mesocricetus
Phagocytosis / immunology*
Phospholipases A / metabolism*
Serial Passage
Virulence / immunology

Substances

Phospholipases A