| Literature DB >> 9009342 |
C Peters1, Y D Stierhof, T Ilg.
Abstract
The amastigote form of Leishmania mexicana parasites colonizes macrophage phagolysosomes and induces the enlargement of these compartments to form huge parasitophorous vacuoles. We report here that a purified secreted amastigote product, proteophosphoglycan, is a macromolecule which causes vacuolization of peritoneal macrophages in vitro. Secretion of this glycoconjugate by intracellular parasites may contribute to the expansion of phagolysosomal compartments in infected cells.Entities:
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Year: 1997 PMID: 9009342 PMCID: PMC176125 DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.2.783-786.1997
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Immun ISSN: 0019-9567 Impact factor: 3.441