Acanthamoeba protease activity promotes allergic airway inflammation via protease-activated receptor 2.

Acanthamoeba protease activity promotes allergic airway inflammation via protease-activated receptor 2.

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. To our knowledge, the aeroallergenicity of Acanthamoeba has not been reported. We repeatedly inocul...

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Main Authors: Mi Kyung Park, Min Kyoung Cho, Shin Ae Kang, Hye-Kyung Park, Dong-Hee Kim, Hak Sun Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3962434?pdf=render

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