The Bittersweet Interface of Parasite and Host: Lectin-Carbohydrate Interactions During Human Invasion by the Parasite<i>Entamoeba histolytica</i>

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Entamoeba histolytica, as its name suggests, is an enteric parasite with a remarkable ability to lyse host tissues. However, the interaction of the parasite with the host is more complex than solely destruction and invasion. It is at the host-parasite interface that cell-signaling events commit the parasite to (a) commensal, noninvasive infection, (b) developmental change from trophozoite to cyst, or (c) invasion...

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