Entry
Name
Amoebiasis - Mus caroli (Ryukyu mouse)
Description
Entamoeba histolytica, an extracellular protozoan parasite is a human pathogen that invades the intestinal epithelium. Infection occurs on ingestion of contaminated water and food. The pathogenesis of amoebiasis begins with parasite attachment and disruption of the intestinal mucus layer, followed by apoptosis of host epithelial cells. Intestinal tissue destruction causes severe dysentery and ulcerations in amoebic colitis. Several amoebic proteins such as lectins, cysteine proteineases, and amoebapores are associated with the invasion process. The parasite can cause extraintestinal infection like amoebic liver abscess by evading immune response.
Class
Human Diseases; Infectious disease: parasitic
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Organism
Mus caroli (Ryukyu mouse) [GN:
mcal ]
Gene
110291231 Nfkb1; nuclear factor NF-kappa-B p105 subunit isoform X1 [KO:K02580 ]
110285306 guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(q) subunit alpha isoform X1 [KO:K04634 ]
110303103 Gna11; guanine nucleotide-binding protein subunit alpha-11 [KO:K04635 ]
110285572 Gna14; guanine nucleotide-binding protein subunit alpha-14 isoform X1 [KO:K04636 ]
110303522 Gna15; guanine nucleotide-binding protein subunit alpha-15 [KO:K04637 ]
110285320 Plcb3; 1-phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate phosphodiesterase beta-3 isoform X1 [KO:K05858 ] [EC:3.1.4.11 ]
110290514 Plcb4; 1-phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate phosphodiesterase beta-4 isoform X1 [KO:K05858 ] [EC:3.1.4.11 ]
110308867 Plcb1; 1-phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate phosphodiesterase beta-1 isoform X2 [KO:K05858 ] [EC:3.1.4.11 ]
110308282 guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(s) subunit alpha isoforms XLas isoform X1 [KO:K04632 ]
110284817 Gnal; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(olf) subunit alpha isoform X1 [KO:K04633 ]
110305989 Csf2; granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor [KO:K05427 ]
110308009 Pik3r1; phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase regulatory subunit alpha isoform X1 [KO:K02649 ]
110299855 Pik3r2; phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase regulatory subunit beta isoform X1 [KO:K02649 ]
110292624 phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase regulatory subunit gamma [KO:K02649 ]
110290798 Pik3ca; phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit alpha isoform [KO:K00922 ] [EC:2.7.1.153 ]
110292183 Pik3cd; phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit delta isoform isoform X1 [KO:K00922 ] [EC:2.7.1.153 ]
110301355 Pik3cb; phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit beta isoform [KO:K00922 ] [EC:2.7.1.153 ]
110292955 Tgfb2; transforming growth factor beta-2 proprotein isoform X1 [KO:K13376 ]
Compound
C01245 D-myo-Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate
C18287 Monocyte locomotion inhibitory factor
Reference
Authors
Stanley SL
Title
Pathophysiology of amoebiasis.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Espinosa-Cantellano M, Martinez-Palomo A
Title
Pathogenesis of intestinal amebiasis: from molecules to disease.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Huston CD, Petri WA Jr
Title
Host-pathogen interaction in amebiasis and progress in vaccine development.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Huston CD
Title
Parasite and host contributions to the pathogenesis of amebic colitis.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Campos-Rodriguezp R, Jarillo-Luna A
Title
The pathogenicity of Entamoeba histolytica is related to the capacity of evading innate immunity.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Lejeune M, Rybicka JM, Chadee K
Title
Recent discoveries in the pathogenesis and immune response toward Entamoeba histolytica.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Carrero JC, Cervantes-Rebolledo C, Aguilar-Diaz H, Diaz-Gallardo MY, Laclette JP, Morales-Montor J
Title
The role of the secretory immune response in the infection by Entamoeba histolytica.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Stanley SL Jr
Title
Amoebiasis.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Stauffer W, Ravdin JI
Title
Entamoeba histolytica: an update.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Petri WA Jr, Haque R, Mann BJ
Title
The bittersweet interface of parasite and host: lectin-carbohydrate interactions during human invasion by the parasite Entamoeba histolytica.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Baxt LA, Singh U
Title
New insights into Entamoeba histolytica pathogenesis.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Petri WA Jr
Title
Pathogenesis of amebiasis.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Guo X, Houpt E, Petri WA Jr
Title
Crosstalk at the initial encounter: interplay between host defense and ameba survival strategies.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Mortimer L, Chadee K
Title
The immunopathogenesis of Entamoeba histolytica.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Meza I, Talamas-Rohana P, Vargas MA
Title
The cytoskeleton of Entamoeba histolytica: structure, function, and regulation by signaling pathways.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Meza I
Title
Extracellular matrix-induced signaling in Entamoeba histolytica: its role in invasiveness.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Stanley SL Jr, Reed SL
Title
Microbes and microbial toxins: paradigms for microbial-mucosal interactions. VI. Entamoeba histolytica: parasite-host interactions.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Wong-Baeza I, Alcantara-Hernandez M, Mancilla-Herrera I, Ramirez-Saldivar I, Arriaga-Pizano L, Ferat-Osorio E, Lopez-Macias C, Isibasi A
Title
The role of lipopeptidophosphoglycan in the immune response to Entamoeba histolytica.
Journal
Related pathway
mcal04610 Complement and coagulation cascades
mcal04612 Antigen processing and presentation
mcal04620 Toll-like receptor signaling pathway
mcal04672 Intestinal immune network for IgA production
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