The lysine- and glutamic acid-rich protein KERP1 plays a role in Entamoeba histolytica liver abscess pathogenesis

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The parasite Entamoeba histolytica colonizes the large bowel where it may persist as an asymptomatic luminal gut infection, which changes to virulence. Parasite invasion of the intestine leads to dysentery and spreads to the liver, where amoebae form abscesses. We took advantage of changes in virulence that occurs after long-term in vitro culture of E. histolytica strains. Using microarrays, we concluded that...

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