INTERACTION BETWEEN ENTAMOEBA-HISTOLYTICA AND INTESTINAL EPITHELIAL-CELLS INVOLVES A CD44 CROSS-REACTIVE PROTEIN EXPRESSED ON THE PARASITE SURFACE

Authors
RENESTO P SANSONETTI PJ GUILLEN N
Citation
P. Renesto et al., INTERACTION BETWEEN ENTAMOEBA-HISTOLYTICA AND INTESTINAL EPITHELIAL-CELLS INVOLVES A CD44 CROSS-REACTIVE PROTEIN EXPRESSED ON THE PARASITE SURFACE, Infection and immunity, 65(10), 1997, pp. 4330-4333
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Immunology,"Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Infection and immunity → ACNP
ISSN journal
00199567
Volume
65
Issue
10
Year of publication
1997
Pages
4330 - 4333
Database
ISI
SICI code
0019-9567(1997)65:10<4330:IBEAIE>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
This study shows that Enramoeba histolytica binds hyaluronic acid. The binding molecule was identified as an 80-kDa membrane protein and was recognized by anti-CD44 monoclonal antibodies. These data indicate th at a CD44 cross-reacting adherence molecule is expressed on E. histoly tica.