title: Peritoneal cell population of mice infected with Mesocestoides corti as a source of eosinophils.
abstract: A prominent feature of the inflammatory cellular response in the peritoneal cavity of Mesocestoides corti-infected mice is a marked and sustained increase in the number of eosinophils. In intact mice, the total number of nucleated cells in the peritoneal cavity rises from less than 5 X 10(6) to more than 50 X 10(6) and, at certain time points, in excess of 50% of these cells are eosinophils. Peritoneal eosinophils are absent in infected hypothymic nude (nu/nu) mice of three genotypes, and eosinophils counts can be elevated in infected nude mice by injection of peripheral lymphoid cells or thymocytes. The peritoneal cells of M. corti-infected mice are a convenient starting cell population for eosinophil purification.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001202:Ascitic Fluid / Q000166:cytology*; D002590:Cestode Infections / Q000097:blood*; D004804:Eosinophils; D005260:Female; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008808:Mice, Inbred CBA; D008819:Mice, Nude; D009504:Neutrophils; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000502:physiology*