Mucosal mast cell response to Hymenolepis diminuta infection in different rat strains.
Five-week-old DA male rats infected with 10 Hymenolepis diminuta cysticercoids showed significant mastocytosis 6 weeks post-infection and low persistence of worms. In F344/N rats, however, no mastocytosis and no worm loss occurred during a 6 week infection. Mucosal mast cells appear to be associated with the expulsion of H. diminuta from DA rats.
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Department of Parasitology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan.
D000818:Animals; D006925:Hymenolepiasis / Q000276:immunology*; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000276:immunology*; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D008407:Mast Cells / Q000276:immunology*; D008415:Mastocytosis / Q000276:immunology*; D051381:Rats; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013047:Specific Pathogen-Free Organisms