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Thai Acanthamoeba isolate (T4) induced apoptotic death in neuroblastoma cells via the Bax-mediated pathway.
Parasitology international - 1 Dec 2010
Chusattayanond Araya Dharmkrong-at, Boonsilp Siriphan, Kasisit Jitra, Boonmee Atsadang, Warit Saradee
Abstract excerpt
A Thai Acanthamoeba isolate named AS recovered from a corneal scraping of a keratitis patient was genotypically determined as T4. AS trophozoites were used for studying Acanthamoeba-induced apoptosis in mouse neuroblastoma NA cells during in vitro co-cultivation. The Acanthamoeba-exposed NA cells showed signs of apoptosis including cell shrinkage, nuclear condensation and DNA fragmentation. The effect was...
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