"Acanthamoeba castellanii" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A species of free-living soil amoebae in the family Acanthamoebidae. It can cause ENCEPHALITIS and KERATITIS in humans.
MeSH Number(s)
B01.046.500.100.075.080.150
Concept/Terms
Acanthamoeba castellanii- Acanthamoeba castellanii
- Acanthamoeba castellanius
- castellanii, Acanthamoeba
- castellanius, Acanthamoeba
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Acanthamoeba castellanii" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Acanthamoeba castellanii" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2013 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Acanthamoeba castellanii" by people in Profiles.
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Molecular insights into Vibrio cholerae's intra-amoebal host-pathogen interactions. Nat Commun. 2018 08 27; 9(1):3460.
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Number of Bacteria and Time of Coincubation With Bacteria Required for the Development of Acanthamoeba Keratitis. Cornea. 2017 Mar; 36(3):353-357.
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Continuous positive airway pressure-associated cutaneous amoebiasis in an immunosuppressed patient. Br J Dermatol. 2016 Mar; 174(3):625-8.
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DNA-binding specificity changes in the evolution of forkhead transcription factors. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Jul 23; 110(30):12349-54.
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Comparative Genomics Reveal That Host-Innate Immune Responses Influence the Clinical Prevalence of Legionella pneumophila Serogroups. PLoS One. 2013; 8(6):e67298.
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Acanthamoeba migration in an electric field. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2013 Jun 21; 54(6):4225-33.
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Fungal virulence in a lepidopteran model is an emergent property with deterministic features. mBio. 2013 Apr 30; 4(3):e00100-13.
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Phosphorylation of the Arp2/3 complex is necessary to nucleate actin filaments. J Cell Biol. 2008 Aug 25; 182(4):647-54.
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Eca1, a sarcoplasmic/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase, is involved in stress tolerance and virulence in Cryptococcus neoformans. Infect Immun. 2007 Jul; 75(7):3394-405.