Entamoeba histolytica and E. dispar Calreticulin: Inhibition of Classical Complement Pathway and Differences in the Level of Expression in Amoebic Liver Abscess

The role of calreticulin (CRT) in host-parasite interactions has recently become an important area of research. Information about the functions of calreticulin and its relevance to the physiology of Entamoeba parasites is limited. The present work demonstrates that CRT of both pathogenic E. histolyt...

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Main Authors: Cecilia Ximénez, Enrique González, Miriam E. Nieves, Angélica Silva-Olivares, Mineko Shibayama, Silvia Galindo-Gómez, Jaime Escobar-Herrera, Ma del Carmen García de León, Patricia Morán, Alicia Valadez, Liliana Rojas, Eric G. Hernández, Oswaldo Partida, René Cerritos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/127453