FIG. 5.

Adherence of E. histolytica trophozoites to healthy (cross-hatched bars) and apoptotic (black bars) Jurkat cells. Adherence was measured in the presence or absence of 50 mM d-mannose (osmotic control) or 50 mM d-galactose and expressed as the percentage of amebae adherent to healthy Jurkat cells in the absence of carbohydrate. An adherent ameba was defined as one having at least three adherent Jurkat cells (mean and SD, n = 9). Asterisks indicate a P value of <0.01 for comparisons with healthy cells without sugar; a dagger indicates a P value of <0.01 for a comparison with healthy cells plus d-galactose.