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Identification and genotyping of Acanthamoeba spp. in the water resources of western Iran

Parasite Epidemiology and Control, 2023
Background: Acanthamoeba spp. is opportunistic amoeba that resides in water, soil, and air. Some pathogenic genotypes of the genus of Acanthamoeba can cause granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE) in people with a defective immune system.
Azadeh Karimi, Farnaz Kheirandish, Amirreza Javadi Mamaghani, Niloofar Taghipour, Syedeh Fatemeh Mousavi, Ali Aghajani, Nozhat Zebardast, Majid Faraji, Shirzad Fallahi, Professor in Medical Parasitology   +8 more
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Mutational analysis of human profilin I reveals a second PI(4,5)-P2 binding site neighbouring the poly(L-proline) binding site [PDF]

, 2002
Background: Profilin is a small cytoskeletal protein which interacts with actin, proline-rich proteins and phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PI(4,5)-P-2).
Ampe, Christophe, Dewitte, Daisy, Jonckheere, Veronique, Lambrechts, Anja, Vandekerckhove, Joël   +4 more
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Acanthamoeba protease activity promotes allergic airway inflammation via protease-activated receptor 2. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Acanthamoeba is a free-living amoeba commonly present in the environment and often found in human airway cavities. Acanthamoeba possesses strong proteases that can elicit allergic airway inflammation.
Mi Kyung Park, Min Kyoung Cho, Shin Ae Kang, Hye-Kyung Park, Dong-Hee Kim, Hak Sun Yu   +5 more
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Evaluating Alternate Methods of Determining the Antimicrobial Efficacy of Contact Lens Care Products against Acanthamoeba Trophozoites

Pathogens, 2021
Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) is a serious ocular infection caused by a ubiquitous free-living amoeba, Acanthamoeba. This infection often results in extensive corneal damage and blindness, and is notoriously difficult to cure.
Allison Campolo, Paul Shannon, Monica Crary   +2 more
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Isolation and Identification of Acanthamoeba Strains From the Oral Cavity of Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis in Shahrekord County, the Southwest of Iran in 2018 [PDF]

International Journal of Epidemiologic Research, 2021
Background and aims: Acanthamoeba spp. as opportunistic microorganisms are widespread in a wide range of environmental sources in the world and may cause severe diseases in immune-deficient patients.
Mohsen Cheshmpanam, Kourosh Manouchehri Naeini, Soleiman Kheiri, Rahman Abdizadeh   +3 more
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Antiamoebic activity of plant-based natural products and their conjugated silver nanoparticles against Acanthamoeba castellanii (ATCC 50492)

AMB Express, 2020
Acanthamoeba spp. are the causative agent of Acanthamoeba keratitis and granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE). The current options to treat Acanthamoeba infections have limited success.
Areeba Anwar, Elaine Lim Siew Ting, Ayaz Anwar, Noor ul Ain, S. Faizi, M. Shah, N. Khan, R. Siddiqui   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Acanthamoeba castellanii induces host cell death via a phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-dependent mechanism [PDF]

, 2005
Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis due to Acanthamoeba castellanii is a serious human infection with fatal consequences, but it is not clear how the circulating amoebae interact with the blood-brain barrier and transmigrate into the central nervous ...
Alsam, S., Jayasekera, S., Khan, Naveed Ahmed, Kim, K.S., Sissons, J., Stins, M.   +5 more
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The rising incidence of Acanthamoeba keratitis: A 7-year nationwide survey and clinical assessment of risk factors and functional outcomes

PLoS ONE, 2019
Purpose To evaluate the incidence of Acanthamoeba keratitis in the Netherlands between 2009 and 2015 and to analyse predicting factors for treatment outcome.
Anna C Randag, J. van Rooij, A. V. van Goor, S. Verkerk, R. Wisse, I. Saelens, R. Stoutenbeek, B. V. van Dooren, Yanny Y. Y. Cheng, C. Eggink   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Draft Genome Sequences of Chlamydiales Bacterium STE3 and Neochlamydia sp. Strain AcF84, Endosymbionts of Acanthamoeba spp. [PDF]

, 2020
Chlamydiales bacterium STE3 and Neochlamydia sp. strain AcF84 are obligate intracellular symbionts of Acanthamoeba spp. isolated from the biofilm of a littoral cave wall and gills from striped tiger leaf fish, respectively.
Collingro, Astrid, Domman, Daryl, Horn, Matthias, Jongwutiwes, Somchai, Köstlbacher, Stephan, Michels, Stefanie, Putaporntip, Chaturong, Schulz, Frederik, Siegl, Alexander   +8 more
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Comparative genomic analysis of Acanthamoeba from different sources and horizontal transfer events of antimicrobial resistance genes

mSphere
Acanthamoeba species are among the most common free-living amoeba and ubiquitous protozoa, mainly distributed in water and soil, and cause Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) and severe visual impairment in patients.
Xinyi Ling, Xiaobin Gu, Yue Shen, Chunyan Fu, Yumei Zhou, Yiling Yin, Yanqiu Gao, Yiwei Zhu, Yongliang Lou, Meiqin Zheng   +9 more
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