title: Restoration of the defective natural defence of beige mice against tissue-migrating larvae of Strongyloides ratti by transfer with normal peritoneal cells.
abstract: The effects of cell transfer on the defective natural defences of beige (bgj/bgj) mice against Strongyloides ratti were studied by assessing recovery of tissue-migrating larvae from head and lung. Transfer of peritoneal resident cells from normal bgj/+ mice restored the defective natural defence of beige mice. The non-adherent population of normal peritoneal cells did not have the restorative capacity. Macrophages may be important to the natural defence against S. ratti.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Akita University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshimura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D007113:Immunity, Innate; D016219:Immunotherapy, Adoptive; D008264:Macrophages / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D013321:Strongyloides / Q000276:immunology*; D013322:Strongyloidiasis / Q000628:therapy*