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Defining cooperative roles for colonic microbiota and Muc2 mucin in mediating innate host defense against Entamoeba histolytica

Amebiasis is caused by the protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica (Eh), a potentially fatal disease occurring mainly in developing countries. How Eh interacts with innate host factors in the gut is poorly understood. Eh resides and feed in/on the outer colonic mucus layer and thus share an ecologi...

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Autores principales: Leon-Coria, Aralia, Kumar, Manish, Moreau, France, Chadee, Kris
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6268003/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30500860
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1007466