Recent developments in amoebiasis:the Gal/GalNAc lectins of Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar.
Amoebiasis is responsible for 50000-100000 deaths annually. Invasive amoebic disease begins with the attachment of Entamoeba histolytica trophozoites to colonic mucin, a process mediated by the amoebic Gal/GalNAc lectin. The non-pathogenic counterpart, E. dispar, is morphologically identical but genetically distinct. Investigations comparing the Gal/GalNac lectin from these two organisms are under way.
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Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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D000562:Amebiasis / Q000209:etiology*; D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D004747:Entamoeba / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D004748:Entamoeba histolytica / Q000472:pathogenicity; D037102:Lectins / Q000502:physiology*; D037181:Lectins, C-Type; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D016052:Protozoan Vaccines / Q000276:immunology
D002352:Carrier Proteins; D037102:Lectins; D037181:Lectins, C-Type; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D016052:Protozoan Vaccines