An ex-vivo human intestinal model to study Entamoeba histolytica pathogenesis.

An ex-vivo human intestinal model to study Entamoeba histolytica pathogenesis.

Amoebiasis (a human intestinal infection affecting 50 million people every year) is caused by the protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica. To study the molecular mechanisms underlying human colon invasion by E. histolytica, we have set up an ex vivo human colon model to study the early steps in amo...

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Main Authors: Devendra Bansal, Patrick Ave, Sophie Kerneis, Pascal Frileux, Olivier Boché, Anne Catherine Baglin, Geneviève Dubost, Anne-Sophie Leguern, Marie-Christine Prevost, Rivka Bracha, David Mirelman, Nancy Guillén, Elisabeth Labruyère
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2777411?pdf=render

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