Effect of gamma radiation on the activity of hemocytes and on the course of Schistosoma mansoni infection in resistant Biomphalaria tenagophila snails

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Fernando Schemelzer De Moraes Bezerra²  José Augusto Nogueira-machado¹  Raquel Lopes Martins-souza¹  Miriam Martins Chaves¹  Ricardo Ferracini Correa¹  Paulo Marcos Zech Coelho¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Federal do Ceará Faculdade de Farmácia, Odontologia e Enfermagem Fortaleza CE ,Brasil

关键词: gamma radiation;    hemocyte;    Schistosoma mansoni;    Biomphalaria tenagophila;    resistant snails;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0074-02762003000100010

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

High doses of gamma radiation (10 Krad) in Biomphalaria tenagophila snails (Taim strain), which have been found to be resistant to Schistosoma mansoni, were not sufficient to impair their resistance to the parasite. The number of hemocytes, as well as their phagocytic activity, were not affected by irradiation, thus showing resemblance with mammal macrophages, which are resistant to gamma irradiation also.

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