Interaction between neutrophils and Schistosoma mansoni larvae in vivo: a transmission electron-microscopic study

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo

Alan Lane De Melo²  Conceição Ribeiro Da Silva Machado¹  Leógenes Horácio Pereira² 

[1] ,Grupo Interdepartamental de Estudos sobre Esquistossomose Departamento de Parasitologia

关键词: Neutrophils;    Schistosoma mansoni;    Cercaria transformation;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0036-46651993000100005

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Schistosoma mansoni cercariae were inoculated into the peritoneal cavity of naive mice and recovered 30 minutes later. Ultrastructural studies showed that neutrophils adhere to the larval surface and participate in the removal of glycocalyx by phagocytosis. This finding suggests that the neutrophils can play a role on the cercaria-schistosomulum transformation process.

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