Leptin Receptor Mutation Results in Defective Neutrophil Recruitment to the Colon during <named-content content-type="genus-species">Entamoeba histolytica</named-content> Infection

ABSTRACT Amebiasis is an enteric infection caused by Entamoeba histolytica, with symptoms ranging in severity from asymptomatic colonization to dysentery. Humans with the Q223R leptin receptor mutation have increased susceptibility to amebiasis, but the mechanism has been unclear. Using a mouse mode...

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Autores principales: Caitlin Naylor, Stacey Burgess, Rajat Madan, Erica Buonomo, Khadija Razzaq, Katherine Ralston, William A. Petri
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Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2014
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