Entamoeba histolytica cysteine proteinases degrade human colonic mucin and alter its function

Arch Med Res. 2000 Jul-Aug;31(4 Suppl):S224-5. doi: 10.1016/s0188-4409(00)00227-7.

Authors

D Moncada¹, Y Yu, K Keller, K Chadee

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Parasitology of McGill University, Ste. -Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada.

PMID: 11070293
DOI: 10.1016/s0188-4409(00)00227-7

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Cells, Cultured
Colon / cytology
Colon / metabolism*
Cysteine Endopeptidases / metabolism*
Entamoeba histolytica / enzymology*
Humans
Hydrolysis
Mucins / metabolism*
Mucins / physiology

Substances

Mucins
Cysteine Endopeptidases