E. histolytica is remarkable in exhibiting two different facets of its life in the gut. On one hand, amoebic trophozoites can remain as a commensal without causing any intestinal pathology, which is ...

Amebiasis (Amoebiasis) is a term for disease caused by the protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica that primarily infects the human bowel, but can also affect other organs (most commonly the liver).

The single-celled parasite Entamoeba histolytica infects 50 million people each year, killing nearly 70,000. Usually, this wily, shape-shifting amoeba causes nothing worse than diarrhea. But sometimes ...

Eh arginase Converts L-arginine, the precursor of NO, into L-ornithine and thus hinders NO production in the macrophage [29] β1 integrin-like receptors Interact with fibronectin and laminin of ...