Kupffer cells and PIMs in acute experimental African swine fever.
An ultrastructural study of Kupffer cells and pulmonary intravascular macrophages (PIMs) of healthy and African Swine Fever (ASF)-infected pigs was carried out. A vascular perfusion method was performed in order to obtain an optimal intravascular morphology and tissue fixation. The infection developed acute ASF lesions in both organs. Both Kupffer cells and PIMs were studied at different stages of infection. The differences observed in both macrophagic cells from uninfected and infected tissues are shown and discussed.
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Department of Histology and Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary, University of Córdoba, Spain.
Fernández
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Gómez Villamandos
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Mozos
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Méndez
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Jover
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D000357:African Swine Fever / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D000818:Animals; D002196:Capillaries / Q000473:pathology; D007728:Kupffer Cells / Q000473:pathology*; D008168:Lung / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D013552:Swine