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Toll-like Receptor Signaling Activation by Entamoeba histolytica Induces Beta Defensin 2 in Human Colonic Epithelial Cells: Its Possible Role as an Element of the Innate Immune Response

BACKGROUND: Entamoeba histolytica, a protozoan parasite of humans, produces dysenteric diarrhea, intestinal mucosa damage and extraintestinal infection. It has been proposed that the intestinal microbiota composition could be an important regulatory factor of amebic virulence and tissue invasion, pa...

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Autores principales: Ayala-Sumuano, Jorge-Tonatiuh, Téllez-López, Victor M., Domínguez-Robles, M. del Carmen, Shibayama-Salas, Mineko, Meza, Isaura
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3585038/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23469306
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002083