Glucose Starvation Boosts Entamoeba histolytica Virulence
Figure 2
The effect of GS on virulence.
The hemolytic activity (A), and the cytopathic activity (B), adhesion (C) and mobility (D) of E.histolytica trophozoites were examined. Control cells were grown in complete TYI medium, while the glucose-starved trophozoites were grown in glucose-free TYI for 12 hours. The respective value of the control for each activity was taken as 100%. Data are expressed as the mean and standard deviation of three independent experiments that were repeated twice with a P-value <0.05.