Natural killer T cells activated by a lipopeptidophosphoglycan from Entamoeba histolytica are critically important to control amebic liver abscess.
The innate immune response is supposed to play an essential role in the control of amebic liver abscess (ALA), a severe form of invasive amoebiasis due to infection with the protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica. In a mouse model for the disease, we previously demonstrated that Jalpha18(-/-) mice...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2009-05-01
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Series: | PLoS Pathogens |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2674934?pdf=render |