Acetylcholine Upregulates Entamoeba histolytica Virulence Factors, Enhancing Parasite Pathogenicity in Experimental Liver Amebiasis
Entamoeba histolytica is an invasive enteric protozoan, whose infections are associated to high morbidity and mortality rates. However, only less than 10% of infected patients develop invasive amebiasis. The ability of E. histolytica to adapt to the intestinal microenvironment could be determinant i...
Main Authors: | Marina Nayeli Medina-Rosales, Martín Humberto Muñoz-Ortega, Mariana Haydee García-Hernández, Patricia Talamás-Rohana, Iliana Ernestina Medina-Ramírez, Larissa Guadalupe Salas-Morón, Sandra Luz Martínez-Hernández, Manuel Enrique Ávila-Blanco, Beatriz Medina-Rosales, Javier Ventura-Juárez |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2021-01-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2020.586354/full |
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